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PFML is no safety net — and it keeps harming many workers with needs of their own
Create a program that taxes workers and employers to pay people a replacement wage when they take time off work, and you can bet it will become popular. But popularity is not the same thing as sound policy, and this program’s…
PFML is no safety net — and it keeps harming workers with needs of their own
Create a program that taxes workers and employers to pay people a replacement wage when they take time off work, and you can bet it will become popular. But popularity is not the same thing as sound policy, and this program’s…
Sorting Through the Data Center Debate
Watch for the episode to go live here on Wednesday, April 15th at 3:00 PM MST. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3spEvyidUQk There is a lot of heat around data centers right now, but not always much clarity. Bob Morris, Lance…
Pennsylvania’s PAyback Success – is it a blueprint for Washington’s Counties and Cities?
When Pennsylvania’s governor pushed agencies to speed up permitting, the idea was straightforward: set clear expectations, measure performance, and make government more responsive to the people it serves.Pennsylvania has made…
Getting to the Bottom of the 340B Drug Discount Boondoggle
Some of New York’s largest and most prosperous hospitals are reporting rapidly growing amounts of revenue from pharmacy sales – most of it apparently flowing from a controversial drug discount program known as 340B. The…
Mobility and equity – the gap between policy and reality
In recent years “equity”, though not always clearly defined, has become a major public policy objective. For example, Sound Transit has adopted a policy calling for “Fairness in process, distribution of resources, opportunity…
Gov. Ferguson Signs Income Tax
Statement on Gov. Signing the Income TaxRyan Frost, WPC Director of Budget and Tax Policy:Governor Ferguson signed Washington's first income tax today. He has enacted the largest tax increase in state history and a…
Some worker rights get a poster, others get fine print
When I researched House Bill 2355 — which creates new rules for hiring domestic workers in private homes — I was struck by a line in the fiscal note. It said that $33,500 was needed in fiscal year 2027 to revise, translate…
New York Still Hasn’t Learned from its Covid Mistakes
Today marks the sixth anniversary of a fateful moment in New York’s coronavirus pandemic: the Cuomo administration’s order sending Covid-infected patients into nursing homes. Of the thousands of seat-of-the-moment judgment…
NH ranks first in taxpayer ROI for 11th straight year
New Hampshire ranked No. 1 in taxpayer return on investment (ROI) for the 11th year in a row, according to financial services website WalletHub. “New Hampshire is the state with the best taxpayer return on investment, which…
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