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WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every ARE EMPLOYERS EXEMPT FROM A NEW PAYROLL TAX THAT HITS Most people in Washington don’t know it yet, but state lawmakers passed a new tax that will hit workers’ paychecks soon. The payroll tax will bite into their incomes at a DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. LAWMAKERS MIGHT CLOSE A WINDOW ON You may not know about this tax yet, but it’s going to cost Washington workers hundreds of dollars a year beginning in January. Paychecks will be going down because of yet another payroll tax to finance yet another socialized program — one that might never benefit them and that a U-HAUL'S YEARLY MOVE-OUT REPORT SHOWS SURGE OF PEOPLE British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.” HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. A BAD YEAR FOR CHINOOK SALMON RETURNS IN THE ELWHA RIVER The increase in population, however, is only about 9 percent from 2017 to 2020. At this rate, it would take until 2035 for this cycle of Chinook to reach a population of 1,000. That is far from “surging.”. The article also notes the goal of removing the dams is “Rewilding the hatchery-dominated population of the Elwha chinookrun, to once
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. BEWARE OF INCOME TAX RATE CREEP » PUBLICATIONS When a new tax is imposed we’re often told: “Don’t worry; it only hits other people and will never expand to you.” As history demonstrates, however, the natural course of new taxes is to expand. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS JULY 2021 BOOK CLUB » EVENTS Announcing YP's July Book Club read: "More From Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next" by Andrew McAfee!. If you’re anything like us, you probably have an ever-growing list of books you want to read! DETAILS ABOUT THE STATE'S MANDATED LONG-TERM CARE LAW AND State officials are finally delivering Washington workers and insurance agents more answers about the new long-term care law in townand the
STATE INCOME TAX PROPOSAL: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Proponents of a capital gains tax need to be honest and call it what it is, an income tax. There is no honest debate. The IRS answered this question directly saying, “It is an income tax.” Every state revenue department in the country, all 49 states other than Washington, treat capital gains taxes as income taxes. Imposing an income tax, however, will throw away what Washington’s SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: LEGISLATURE On Saturday, state lawmakers announced the final version of the new 2021-23 state budget. Democrats control a majority in the legislature and make all the key funding decisions. SB 5044, 5227, 5228, TO REQUIRE MANDATORY STAFF ATTENDANCE SB 5044, 5227, 5228, to require mandatory staff attendance at Critical Race Training in Washington’s K-12 public schools, colleges, universities, and medical schools SCHOOL SPENDING AND ACADEMIC LEARNING IN THE 20 LARGEST Introduction. Each legislative session lawmakers are lobbied by school district officials, union executives, and political activist groups to increase funding for K-12 schools and to impose new taxes on thepublic.
DESPITE MISSING CO2 TARGET BY 96%, NEW KING COUNTY CLIMATE Today, King County released its 2020 Climate Action Plan. Already, county public relations staff have been busy touting the “accomplishments” of the last climate plan. One thing they don’t mention, however, is that the county is on track to miss its WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every ARE EMPLOYERS EXEMPT FROM A NEW PAYROLL TAX THAT HITS Most people in Washington don’t know it yet, but state lawmakers passed a new tax that will hit workers’ paychecks soon. The payroll tax will bite into their incomes at a DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. LAWMAKERS MIGHT CLOSE A WINDOW ON You may not know about this tax yet, but it’s going to cost Washington workers hundreds of dollars a year beginning in January. Paychecks will be going down because of yet another payroll tax to finance yet another socialized program — one that might never benefit them and that a U-HAUL'S YEARLY MOVE-OUT REPORT SHOWS SURGE OF PEOPLE British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.” HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. A BAD YEAR FOR CHINOOK SALMON RETURNS IN THE ELWHA RIVER The increase in population, however, is only about 9 percent from 2017 to 2020. At this rate, it would take until 2035 for this cycle of Chinook to reach a population of 1,000. That is far from “surging.”. The article also notes the goal of removing the dams is “Rewilding the hatchery-dominated population of the Elwha chinookrun, to once
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every ARE EMPLOYERS EXEMPT FROM A NEW PAYROLL TAX THAT HITS Most people in Washington don’t know it yet, but state lawmakers passed a new tax that will hit workers’ paychecks soon. The payroll tax will bite into their incomes at a DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. LAWMAKERS MIGHT CLOSE A WINDOW ON You may not know about this tax yet, but it’s going to cost Washington workers hundreds of dollars a year beginning in January. Paychecks will be going down because of yet another payroll tax to finance yet another socialized program — one that might never benefit them and that a U-HAUL'S YEARLY MOVE-OUT REPORT SHOWS SURGE OF PEOPLE British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.” HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. A BAD YEAR FOR CHINOOK SALMON RETURNS IN THE ELWHA RIVER The increase in population, however, is only about 9 percent from 2017 to 2020. At this rate, it would take until 2035 for this cycle of Chinook to reach a population of 1,000. That is far from “surging.”. The article also notes the goal of removing the dams is “Rewilding the hatchery-dominated population of the Elwha chinookrun, to once
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS JULY 2021 BOOK CLUB » EVENTS Announcing YP's July Book Club read: "More From Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next" by Andrew McAfee!. If you’re anything like us, you probably have an ever-growing list of books you want to read! BEWARE OF INCOME TAX RATE CREEP » PUBLICATIONS When a new tax is imposed we’re often told: “Don’t worry; it only hits other people and will never expand to you.” As history demonstrates, however, the natural course of new taxes is to expand. DETAILS ABOUT THE STATE'S MANDATED LONG-TERM CARE LAW AND State officials are finally delivering Washington workers and insurance agents more answers about the new long-term care law in townand the
STATE INCOME TAX PROPOSAL: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Proponents of a capital gains tax need to be honest and call it what it is, an income tax. There is no honest debate. The IRS answered this question directly saying, “It is an income tax.” Every state revenue department in the country, all 49 states other than Washington, treat capital gains taxes as income taxes. Imposing an income tax, however, will throw away what Washington’s SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: LEGISLATURE On Saturday, state lawmakers announced the final version of the new 2021-23 state budget. Democrats control a majority in the legislature and make all the key funding decisions. SCHOOL SPENDING AND ACADEMIC LEARNING IN THE 20 LARGEST Introduction. Each legislative session lawmakers are lobbied by school district officials, union executives, and political activist groups to increase funding for K-12 schools and to impose new taxes on thepublic.
SB 5044, 5227, 5228, TO REQUIRE MANDATORY STAFF ATTENDANCE SB 5044, 5227, 5228, to require mandatory staff attendance at Critical Race Training in Washington’s K-12 public schools, colleges, universities, and medical schools DESPITE MISSING CO2 TARGET BY 96%, NEW KING COUNTY CLIMATE Today, King County released its 2020 Climate Action Plan. Already, county public relations staff have been busy touting the “accomplishments” of the last climate plan. One thing they don’t mention, however, is that the county is on track to miss its WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every GOVERNOR INSLEE: DON'T IMPOSE DIVISIVE AND HARMFUL Key Findings. 1. In April 2021, the Washington state legislature passed four bills mandating staff in public schools, colleges and medical schools receive training in Critical Race Theory. U-HAUL'S YEARLY MOVE-OUT REPORT SHOWS SURGE OF PEOPLE British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.” DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. H.R. 1/S.R. 1 SEEKS TO WEAKEN VOTING STANDARDS AND SILENCE Abraham Lincoln said no man has a right to govern another man without that other’s consent. The only way for people to give their consent, and for those who hold power in a democracy to have legitimacy, is through open debate, access to diverse viewpoints and free and fairelections.
TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every GOVERNOR INSLEE: DON'T IMPOSE DIVISIVE AND HARMFUL Key Findings. 1. In April 2021, the Washington state legislature passed four bills mandating staff in public schools, colleges and medical schools receive training in Critical Race Theory. U-HAUL'S YEARLY MOVE-OUT REPORT SHOWS SURGE OF PEOPLE British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.” DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. H.R. 1/S.R. 1 SEEKS TO WEAKEN VOTING STANDARDS AND SILENCE Abraham Lincoln said no man has a right to govern another man without that other’s consent. The only way for people to give their consent, and for those who hold power in a democracy to have legitimacy, is through open debate, access to diverse viewpoints and free and fairelections.
TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy DETAILS ABOUT THE STATE'S MANDATED LONG-TERM CARE LAW AND State officials are finally delivering Washington workers and insurance agents more answers about the new long-term care law in townand the
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS JULY 2021 BOOK CLUB » EVENTS Announcing YP's July Book Club read: "More From Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next" by Andrew McAfee!. If you’re anything like us, you probably have an ever-growing list of books you want to read! STATE INCOME TAX PROPOSAL: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Proponents of a capital gains tax need to be honest and call it what it is, an income tax. There is no honest debate. The IRS answered this question directly saying, “It is an income tax.” Every state revenue department in the country, all 49 states other than Washington, treat capital gains taxes as income taxes. Imposing an income tax, however, will throw away what Washington’s HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. GOVERNOR INSLEE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE WASHINGTON BUSINESSES In a press conference last Thursday, Governor Jay Inslee announced the relaxation by June 30th of the lockdown restrictions he has imposed and an immediate removal of mask mandates for Washington residents who are fully vaccinated. THE GOVERNMENT LOCKS DOWN THE ECONOMY AND MORE AMERICANS Over the weekend, the federal Department of Health and Human Services released the latest Obamacare enrollment numbers. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are praising the increase in enrollment as a testimony to the effectiveness of the lawLet’s drill HOW TO LEAVE YOUR UNION Government unions around the country are working on ways to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Janus v.American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case.Rather than focus their efforts on providing great services that would persuade workers to pay the union, they are instead employing an arsenal of tactics to make an end-run around the SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate DOES RESPECT FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY END AT ENVIRONMENTAL The governor is using a semantic game to dismiss Sharp. It is true that she is not technically a “chair” because she recently moved from President of the Quinault Nation into the position of Vice President while she assumes the role of the President of the NationalCongress of
WASHINGTON STATE PENSION CALCULATOR » PUBLICATIONS The average annual state pension for all plans (weighted by headcount) is $21,493. Two of Washington’s nine pension plans are already in the red with unfunded liabilities totaling more than $5 billion. Washington’s multibillion-dollar pension problem was not created overnight, so it will take time to eliminate these unfundedliabilities.
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every GOVERNOR INSLEE: DON'T IMPOSE DIVISIVE AND HARMFUL Key Findings. 1. In April 2021, the Washington state legislature passed four bills mandating staff in public schools, colleges and medical schools receive training in Critical Race Theory. U-HAUL'S YEARLY MOVE-OUT REPORT SHOWS SURGE OF PEOPLE British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.” DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. H.R. 1/S.R. 1 SEEKS TO WEAKEN VOTING STANDARDS AND SILENCE Abraham Lincoln said no man has a right to govern another man without that other’s consent. The only way for people to give their consent, and for those who hold power in a democracy to have legitimacy, is through open debate, access to diverse viewpoints and free and fairelections.
TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Liberals in Congress are actively campaigning to force price controls on drug manufactures. The bill, H.R. 3, will undoubtedly pass through the U.S. House. It’s fate in the U.S. Senate is much less certain. At the same time, the Biden Administration and others on the political left are attacking the companies that have made the COVID-19 vaccines. INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every GOVERNOR INSLEE: DON'T IMPOSE DIVISIVE AND HARMFUL Key Findings. 1. In April 2021, the Washington state legislature passed four bills mandating staff in public schools, colleges and medical schools receive training in Critical Race Theory. U-HAUL'S YEARLY MOVE-OUT REPORT SHOWS SURGE OF PEOPLE British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, “The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.” DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. H.R. 1/S.R. 1 SEEKS TO WEAKEN VOTING STANDARDS AND SILENCE Abraham Lincoln said no man has a right to govern another man without that other’s consent. The only way for people to give their consent, and for those who hold power in a democracy to have legitimacy, is through open debate, access to diverse viewpoints and free and fairelections.
TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy DETAILS ABOUT THE STATE'S MANDATED LONG-TERM CARE LAW AND State officials are finally delivering Washington workers and insurance agents more answers about the new long-term care law in townand the
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS JULY 2021 BOOK CLUB » EVENTS Announcing YP's July Book Club read: "More From Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next" by Andrew McAfee!. If you’re anything like us, you probably have an ever-growing list of books you want to read! STATE INCOME TAX PROPOSAL: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Proponents of a capital gains tax need to be honest and call it what it is, an income tax. There is no honest debate. The IRS answered this question directly saying, “It is an income tax.” Every state revenue department in the country, all 49 states other than Washington, treat capital gains taxes as income taxes. Imposing an income tax, however, will throw away what Washington’s HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. GOVERNOR INSLEE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE WASHINGTON BUSINESSES In a press conference last Thursday, Governor Jay Inslee announced the relaxation by June 30th of the lockdown restrictions he has imposed and an immediate removal of mask mandates for Washington residents who are fully vaccinated. THE GOVERNMENT LOCKS DOWN THE ECONOMY AND MORE AMERICANS Over the weekend, the federal Department of Health and Human Services released the latest Obamacare enrollment numbers. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are praising the increase in enrollment as a testimony to the effectiveness of the lawLet’s drill HOW TO LEAVE YOUR UNION Government unions around the country are working on ways to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Janus v.American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case.Rather than focus their efforts on providing great services that would persuade workers to pay the union, they are instead employing an arsenal of tactics to make an end-run around the SENATE BILL 5188 CREATES A STATE-RUN BANK BUT IS IT REALLY Senate Bill 5188, introduced by Senator Patty Kuderer (D), earlier this session would create a state-run bank for state, municipal, tribal and other public entities to deposit funds.It also authorizes the state to borrow money against the value of the deposits. The only other state that has a public bank is North Dakota and that bank was created over 100 years ago to give farmers alternate DOES RESPECT FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY END AT ENVIRONMENTAL The governor is using a semantic game to dismiss Sharp. It is true that she is not technically a “chair” because she recently moved from President of the Quinault Nation into the position of Vice President while she assumes the role of the President of the NationalCongress of
WASHINGTON STATE PENSION CALCULATOR » PUBLICATIONS The average annual state pension for all plans (weighted by headcount) is $21,493. Two of Washington’s nine pension plans are already in the red with unfunded liabilities totaling more than $5 billion. Washington’s multibillion-dollar pension problem was not created overnight, so it will take time to eliminate these unfundedliabilities.
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. COST EXCEEDS BENEFITS IN SOUND TRANSIT'S ST3 LIGHT RAIL Summary. Sound Transit is able to calculate that the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar Sound Transit 3 (ST3) light rail expansion will exceed costs of construction, operation and maintenance after a half century, but only by assuming highway congestion reductions that all its other environmental documentation reports will not happen. TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WHICH STATES DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX Prepare to be amazed. The states that don’t have a capital gains income tax are those states without a personal income tax. This is due to the fact that a capital gains tax is an income tax as explained by the IRS: “You ask whether tax on capital gains is considered an excise tax or an income tax?It is an income tax. MORE GUN CONTROL WON'T REDUCE VIOLENCE » PUBLICATIONS More Gun Control Won't Reduce Violence. A recent P.I. editorial agrees with Mayor Nickels’ call for more gun control, saying “the legal system could do a lot more to control guns. ”There’s just one problem with this approach – it won’t work. None of the recent gun crimes in the Puget Sound area would have been prevented by the PAM LEWISON » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Pam Lewison is the Director for the Washington Policy Center Initiative on Agriculture and is based in the Tri-Cities office. She farms in Eastern Washington and is a tireless advocate for agriculture both in Washington state and around the country. STUDY SUGGESTS DRY LAND FARMING, NEW LIVES TO SOUTHEASTERN Perhaps Eastern Washington farmers should steal an idea from the Ivy League. When sending students overseas, Princeton University provides students with a handout for the “Four Common Stages of Cultural Adjustment.” After reading the discussion of dryland agriculture in the ECONorthwest study advocating destruction of the Snake River Dams, the authors would benefit from some cultural WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. COST EXCEEDS BENEFITS IN SOUND TRANSIT'S ST3 LIGHT RAIL Summary. Sound Transit is able to calculate that the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar Sound Transit 3 (ST3) light rail expansion will exceed costs of construction, operation and maintenance after a half century, but only by assuming highway congestion reductions that all its other environmental documentation reports will not happen. TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WHICH STATES DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX Prepare to be amazed. The states that don’t have a capital gains income tax are those states without a personal income tax. This is due to the fact that a capital gains tax is an income tax as explained by the IRS: “You ask whether tax on capital gains is considered an excise tax or an income tax?It is an income tax. MORE GUN CONTROL WON'T REDUCE VIOLENCE » PUBLICATIONS More Gun Control Won't Reduce Violence. A recent P.I. editorial agrees with Mayor Nickels’ call for more gun control, saying “the legal system could do a lot more to control guns. ”There’s just one problem with this approach – it won’t work. None of the recent gun crimes in the Puget Sound area would have been prevented by the PAM LEWISON » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Pam Lewison is the Director for the Washington Policy Center Initiative on Agriculture and is based in the Tri-Cities office. She farms in Eastern Washington and is a tireless advocate for agriculture both in Washington state and around the country. STUDY SUGGESTS DRY LAND FARMING, NEW LIVES TO SOUTHEASTERN Perhaps Eastern Washington farmers should steal an idea from the Ivy League. When sending students overseas, Princeton University provides students with a handout for the “Four Common Stages of Cultural Adjustment.” After reading the discussion of dryland agriculture in the ECONorthwest study advocating destruction of the Snake River Dams, the authors would benefit from some cultural EVENTS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Washington Policy On The Go - June 2021. Jun 8, 2021. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Wine and the Two Washingtons: A DC & Olympia Update with Congressman Dan Newhouse and Rep. JT Wilcox. Jun10, 2021. Facebook.
THE GOVERNMENT LOCKS DOWN THE ECONOMY AND MORE AMERICANS Over the weekend, the federal Department of Health and Human Services released the latest Obamacare enrollment numbers. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are praising the increase in enrollment as a testimony to the effectiveness of the lawLet’s drill WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every GOVERNOR INSLEE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE WASHINGTON BUSINESSES In a press conference last Thursday, Governor Jay Inslee announced the relaxation by June 30th of the lockdown restrictions he has imposed and an immediate removal of mask mandates for Washington residents who are fully vaccinated. HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. WPC'S CENTER FOR EDUCATION RECOMMENDS WASHINGTON STATE Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
DOES RESPECT FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY END AT ENVIRONMENTAL The governor is using a semantic game to dismiss Sharp. It is true that she is not technically a “chair” because she recently moved from President of the Quinault Nation into the position of Vice President while she assumes the role of the President of the NationalCongress of
HOW TO LEAVE YOUR UNION Government unions around the country are working on ways to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Janus v.American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case.Rather than focus their efforts on providing great services that would persuade workers to pay the union, they are instead employing an arsenal of tactics to make an end-run around the HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. H.R. 1/S.R. 1 SEEKS TO WEAKEN VOTING STANDARDS AND SILENCE Abraham Lincoln said no man has a right to govern another man without that other’s consent. The only way for people to give their consent, and for those who hold power in a democracy to have legitimacy, is through open debate, access to diverse viewpoints and free and fairelections.
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. COST EXCEEDS BENEFITS IN SOUND TRANSIT'S ST3 LIGHT RAILCOST EXCEEDSMAXIMUM
Summary. Sound Transit is able to calculate that the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar Sound Transit 3 (ST3) light rail expansion will exceed costs of construction, operation and maintenance after a half century, but only by assuming highway congestion reductions that all its other environmental documentation reports will not happen. TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WHICH STATES DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX Prepare to be amazed. The states that don’t have a capital gains income tax are those states without a personal income tax. This is due to the fact that a capital gains tax is an income tax as explained by the IRS: “You ask whether tax on capital gains is considered an excise tax or an income tax?It is an income tax. MORE GUN CONTROL WON'T REDUCE VIOLENCE » PUBLICATIONS More Gun Control Won't Reduce Violence. A recent P.I. editorial agrees with Mayor Nickels’ call for more gun control, saying “the legal system could do a lot more to control guns. ”There’s just one problem with this approach – it won’t work. None of the recent gun crimes in the Puget Sound area would have been prevented by the PAM LEWISON » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Pam Lewison is the Director for the Washington Policy Center Initiative on Agriculture and is based in the Tri-Cities office. She farms in Eastern Washington and is a tireless advocate for agriculture both in Washington state and around the country. STUDY SUGGESTS DRY LAND FARMING, NEW LIVES TO SOUTHEASTERNDRYLAND FARMING IN OREGONDRYLAND FARMING METHODSDRYLAND RICE FARMINGDRYLANDWHEAT FARMING
Perhaps Eastern Washington farmers should steal an idea from the Ivy League. When sending students overseas, Princeton University provides students with a handout for the “Four Common Stages of Cultural Adjustment.” After reading the discussion of dryland agriculture in the ECONorthwest study advocating destruction of the Snake River Dams, the authors would benefit from some cultural WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. COST EXCEEDS BENEFITS IN SOUND TRANSIT'S ST3 LIGHT RAILCOST EXCEEDSMAXIMUM
Summary. Sound Transit is able to calculate that the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar Sound Transit 3 (ST3) light rail expansion will exceed costs of construction, operation and maintenance after a half century, but only by assuming highway congestion reductions that all its other environmental documentation reports will not happen. TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WHICH STATES DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX Prepare to be amazed. The states that don’t have a capital gains income tax are those states without a personal income tax. This is due to the fact that a capital gains tax is an income tax as explained by the IRS: “You ask whether tax on capital gains is considered an excise tax or an income tax?It is an income tax. MORE GUN CONTROL WON'T REDUCE VIOLENCE » PUBLICATIONS More Gun Control Won't Reduce Violence. A recent P.I. editorial agrees with Mayor Nickels’ call for more gun control, saying “the legal system could do a lot more to control guns. ”There’s just one problem with this approach – it won’t work. None of the recent gun crimes in the Puget Sound area would have been prevented by the PAM LEWISON » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Pam Lewison is the Director for the Washington Policy Center Initiative on Agriculture and is based in the Tri-Cities office. She farms in Eastern Washington and is a tireless advocate for agriculture both in Washington state and around the country. STUDY SUGGESTS DRY LAND FARMING, NEW LIVES TO SOUTHEASTERNDRYLAND FARMING IN OREGONDRYLAND FARMING METHODSDRYLAND RICE FARMINGDRYLANDWHEAT FARMING
Perhaps Eastern Washington farmers should steal an idea from the Ivy League. When sending students overseas, Princeton University provides students with a handout for the “Four Common Stages of Cultural Adjustment.” After reading the discussion of dryland agriculture in the ECONorthwest study advocating destruction of the Snake River Dams, the authors would benefit from some cultural EVENTS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Washington Policy On The Go - June 2021. Jun 8, 2021. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Wine and the Two Washingtons: A DC & Olympia Update with Congressman Dan Newhouse and Rep. JT Wilcox. Jun10, 2021. Facebook.
THE GOVERNMENT LOCKS DOWN THE ECONOMY AND MORE AMERICANS Over the weekend, the federal Department of Health and Human Services released the latest Obamacare enrollment numbers. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are praising the increase in enrollment as a testimony to the effectiveness of the lawLet’s drill WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every GOVERNOR INSLEE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE WASHINGTON BUSINESSES In a press conference last Thursday, Governor Jay Inslee announced the relaxation by June 30th of the lockdown restrictions he has imposed and an immediate removal of mask mandates for Washington residents who are fully vaccinated. HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. WPC'S CENTER FOR EDUCATION RECOMMENDS WASHINGTON STATE Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
DOES RESPECT FOR TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY END AT ENVIRONMENTAL The governor is using a semantic game to dismiss Sharp. It is true that she is not technically a “chair” because she recently moved from President of the Quinault Nation into the position of Vice President while she assumes the role of the President of the NationalCongress of
HOW TO LEAVE YOUR UNION Government unions around the country are working on ways to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Janus v.American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) case.Rather than focus their efforts on providing great services that would persuade workers to pay the union, they are instead employing an arsenal of tactics to make an end-run around the HOW TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN SEATTLE Key Findings. 1. Seattle has one of the worst homeless problems of any major city in the United States, with the number of homeless people increasing sharply over the past decade. 2. Yet, while the number of homeless people increased over the past four years, government funding to combat the crisis continued to increase without positive results. H.R. 1/S.R. 1 SEEKS TO WEAKEN VOTING STANDARDS AND SILENCE Abraham Lincoln said no man has a right to govern another man without that other’s consent. The only way for people to give their consent, and for those who hold power in a democracy to have legitimacy, is through open debate, access to diverse viewpoints and free and fairelections.
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. COST EXCEEDS BENEFITS IN SOUND TRANSIT'S ST3 LIGHT RAILCOST EXCEEDSMAXIMUM
Summary. Sound Transit is able to calculate that the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar Sound Transit 3 (ST3) light rail expansion will exceed costs of construction, operation and maintenance after a half century, but only by assuming highway congestion reductions that all its other environmental documentation reports will not happen. TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WHICH STATES DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX Prepare to be amazed. The states that don’t have a capital gains income tax are those states without a personal income tax. This is due to the fact that a capital gains tax is an income tax as explained by the IRS: “You ask whether tax on capital gains is considered an excise tax or an income tax?It is an income tax. MORE GUN CONTROL WON'T REDUCE VIOLENCE » PUBLICATIONS More Gun Control Won't Reduce Violence. A recent P.I. editorial agrees with Mayor Nickels’ call for more gun control, saying “the legal system could do a lot more to control guns. ”There’s just one problem with this approach – it won’t work. None of the recent gun crimes in the Puget Sound area would have been prevented by the PAM LEWISON » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Pam Lewison is the Director for the Washington Policy Center Initiative on Agriculture and is based in the Tri-Cities office. She farms in Eastern Washington and is a tireless advocate for agriculture both in Washington state and around the country. STUDY SUGGESTS DRY LAND FARMING, NEW LIVES TO SOUTHEASTERNDRYLAND FARMING IN OREGONDRYLAND FARMING METHODSDRYLAND RICE FARMINGDRYLANDWHEAT FARMING
Perhaps Eastern Washington farmers should steal an idea from the Ivy League. When sending students overseas, Princeton University provides students with a handout for the “Four Common Stages of Cultural Adjustment.” After reading the discussion of dryland agriculture in the ECONorthwest study advocating destruction of the Snake River Dams, the authors would benefit from some cultural WASHINGTON POLICY CENTERCENTERSPUBLICATIONSTHE BLOGEVENTSABOUTMEDIA Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
INSLEE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE VACCINE PASSPORTS IN THE New COVID workplace restrictions, issued by Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) late last Friday, May 21st, require employers to check employee vaccine documents before allowing relaxation of social distancing and mask requirements in the workplace.. The new state rules require an employer to confirm, and have employees prove their vaccine medical status. WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every DON'T LET "SOCIAL JUSTICE" UNDERMINE SALMON SCIENCE AND There is a push to include “environmental justice” considerations in prioritizing salmon recovery efforts in Washington state. Unfortunately, those considerations may end up undermining salmon recovery, by replacing science with political subjectivity, putting other social goals ahead of environmental efforts that focus on restoring fish populations. COST EXCEEDS BENEFITS IN SOUND TRANSIT'S ST3 LIGHT RAILCOST EXCEEDSMAXIMUM
Summary. Sound Transit is able to calculate that the benefits of the multi-billion-dollar Sound Transit 3 (ST3) light rail expansion will exceed costs of construction, operation and maintenance after a half century, but only by assuming highway congestion reductions that all its other environmental documentation reports will not happen. TODD MYERS » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER tmyers@washingtonpolicy.org |. (206) 963-3409. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy WHICH STATES DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX Prepare to be amazed. The states that don’t have a capital gains income tax are those states without a personal income tax. This is due to the fact that a capital gains tax is an income tax as explained by the IRS: “You ask whether tax on capital gains is considered an excise tax or an income tax?It is an income tax. MORE GUN CONTROL WON'T REDUCE VIOLENCE » PUBLICATIONS More Gun Control Won't Reduce Violence. A recent P.I. editorial agrees with Mayor Nickels’ call for more gun control, saying “the legal system could do a lot more to control guns. ”There’s just one problem with this approach – it won’t work. None of the recent gun crimes in the Puget Sound area would have been prevented by the PAM LEWISON » AUTHORS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Pam Lewison is the Director for the Washington Policy Center Initiative on Agriculture and is based in the Tri-Cities office. She farms in Eastern Washington and is a tireless advocate for agriculture both in Washington state and around the country. STUDY SUGGESTS DRY LAND FARMING, NEW LIVES TO SOUTHEASTERNDRYLAND FARMING IN OREGONDRYLAND FARMING METHODSDRYLAND RICE FARMINGDRYLANDWHEAT FARMING
Perhaps Eastern Washington farmers should steal an idea from the Ivy League. When sending students overseas, Princeton University provides students with a handout for the “Four Common Stages of Cultural Adjustment.” After reading the discussion of dryland agriculture in the ECONorthwest study advocating destruction of the Snake River Dams, the authors would benefit from some cultural EVENTS » WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER Washington Policy On The Go - June 2021. Jun 8, 2021. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Email. Wine and the Two Washingtons: A DC & Olympia Update with Congressman Dan Newhouse and Rep. JT Wilcox. Jun10, 2021. Facebook.
THE GOVERNMENT LOCKS DOWN THE ECONOMY AND MORE AMERICANS Over the weekend, the federal Department of Health and Human Services released the latest Obamacare enrollment numbers. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are praising the increase in enrollment as a testimony to the effectiveness of the lawLet’s drill WASHINGTON WORKERS ONLY HAVE UNTIL NOV. 1 TO OPT OUT OF A Workers may need a financial planner and to get some quotes from long-term care insurers, but they need to act — fast. At least now we know how fast, after legislative action taken last night on Substitute House Bill 1323.. Part of that bill distorts a two-year old law, giving Washington residents only until November 1st to opt out of a state program that will tax workers 58 cents for every GOVERNOR INSLEE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE WASHINGTON BUSINESSES In a press conference last Thursday, Governor Jay Inslee announced the relaxation by June 30th of the lockdown restrictions he has imposed and an immediate removal of mask mandates for Washington residents who are fully vaccinated. HOW TO OPT OUT OF COMING PAYROLL TAX » PUBLICATIONS If you want to opt out of a payroll tax that begins in January — assessed to fund a state-run, one-size-fits-all, long-term-care-insurance fund that you might or might not benefit from (read more about the coming tax on our Center for Health Care blog) — here is what we know:. You need to already have or purchase a long-term-care plan through a private insurer by Nov. 1. WPC'S CENTER FOR EDUCATION RECOMMENDS WASHINGTON STATE Last week Washington Policy Center (WPC) ran this inspiring ad in the Puget Sound Business Journal:. One of the biggest failures of Washington’s inflexible and highly bureaucratic public school system is that officials consistently fail to provide students with a qualitypublic education.
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