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Vancouver’s New $30 Rental Fee Will Increase Rents in the City.
Vancouver City Council's recent 4-3 vote to impose a $30 annual fee per rental unit on property owners has sparked heated debate, particularly among housing providers and tenants already grappling with rising costs.…
Estate Recovery is Fair — if Medicaid is for the Needy
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently voted to oppose a federal requirement that says states must seek to recover long-term care (LTC) Medicaid costs from the estates of deceased beneficiaries. That’s bad advice…
The Broadband and Internet Service Provider Landscape Is a Free-Market Success Story
One of the biggest thorns in the side of those who champion free-market competition and technological advancement has long been the landscape of internet service providers (ISPs). For years, some Americans had only one choice…
Washington’s June 2025 budget revisions – revenue up spending up more
The Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council (ERFC) updated June forecast indicates an overall increase in projected Near General Fund revenue collections through 2029, estimated at around $8 billion more than…
Immigration policy reform, not Medicaid recipients, is the answer to our workforce problem
Some harvests have already started in Washington – and across the country – despite farms and ranches facing labor shortages. Where will workers come from to ensure crops don’t go unharvested? U.S. Agriculture Secretary…
Seattle’s regulatory overreach drives up DoorDash fees, hurting consumers and workers.
Seattle’s latest regulatory misstep has once again raised costs for consumers and gig workers, this time through DoorDash’s new service fees. The city’s poorly designed policies, including the new driver deactivation law, are…
How Washington’s Budget Bill Will Affect Health Care in New York
UPDATE: The final version of the federal budget bill omitted a handful of provisions that had been included in earlier drafts. One would have penalized states that use their own money to provide coverage for undocumented…
Changes made — and not made — to WA Cares in 2025
Let’s start with a change that was not made to the WA Cares fund in 2025. Lawmakers did not pass a law requiring recertification from people who received exemptions from WA Cares because they had or obtained private insurance…
Seattle’s ban on setting rents with an app: An unconstitutional overreach?
On June 24, 2025, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a law banning algorithmic software like RealPage claiming the software enables property owners to price fix and drives up housing costs.The law potentially…
Fourth of July cookout costs emphasize the need for agriculture
America was once a proud, agrarian nation. This Independence Day, let us remember our forebears who tilled the land, raised livestock, and had a vision for a nation free from the tyranny of taxation from afar.As in years’…
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