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Killing the I&D Tax leaps N.H. to No. 3 on national tax competitiveness index
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Risks Arise Again for Age-Verification Requirements
A recent breach once again underscores the tension between age-verification requirements and data privacy in laws seeking to protect children online.When I wrote a few months ago about the unintended consequences of the UK’s…
Beef purchase plan escalates concerns in ag country
After suggesting the United States would buy Argentinian beef to bring down the cost of American beef, the president doubled down on that plan with comments on social media aimed at farmers and ranchers.The comments sparked…
For AI Startups, Washington is a Mixed Bag
As the home of Microsoft, Amazon, Nintendo and many other high-profile tech companies, it's only natural that Washington would be a hub for many AI startups. Yet, when Forbes released their Top 50 AI List in April of…
Supplmental requests show budget crisis is self-inflicted
Paul Begala, an advisor to President Clinton once noted that “The budget is a profoundly moral document. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be.” That is certainly true of the 2025-27 Washington state budget.The…
U.S. beef prices don’t need “fixing”
Trying to “fix” the cost of beef is anti-agriculture and anti-free market. The president recently suggested the United States would purchase beef from Argentina to flood the American market and drive the cost of U.S. beef…
NH voters want to cut regulations to build more housing, polling confirms
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DOH Ducks a Simple Question on Covid in Nursing Homes
Five years after the coronavirus pandemic, the state Department of Health is pleading ignorance about one of its most hotly debated policy choices of the crisis – a directive that sent thousands of infected patients into…
PFML used by upper incomes to bring all workers another wage decrease
The state has built a worker-financed benefit machine that never stops eating wages. Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program — sold as a compassionate safety net — is becoming a regressive drain on the…
After a year of high minimum wages, a new report shows workers are working less and earning less.
In a follow up to the Washington Policy Centers article showing the immediate negative effects of minimum wage increases in California, a new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has confirmed that high…
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