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Geekwire column a warning for WA charities and all who support them
WPC board member Matt McIlwain has a new op-ed in Geekwire that lays out a strong case for repealing Washington's new income tax, but also brings forward a consequence of the tax that few have thought about but is likely…
Seattle and Bellevue propose transportation tax increases but benefits are unclear
Every year city and county lobbyists descend on Olympia to beseech the legislature for additional state funding for local transportation projects. We can expect more of the same in the 2027 legislative session. In response,…
Is McCleary really to blame for Washington’s budget woes?
During a recent debate on repealing the state income tax, opponents of I-645 claimed that the state budget's rapid expansion is driven by the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision. K–12 funding has grown rapidly since that…
Setting the Record Straight on Right to Compute
"That is why we need the Right to Compute Act, to make clear that our fundamental rights must be protected as technology changes." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter…
Setting the Record Straight on Right to Compute
The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter written by Tanner Avery for the October 1st edition. Last week, the Yellowstone County Commission sent a letter to Yellowstone County…
Study data is an ‘I told you so’ moment for ag
In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that working more than 40 hours a week on a dairy in Washington state was inherently dangerous and dairy employees were to be paid time-and-a-half for overtimes hours, immediately. The court…
Seattle ranks high in one global index but future prospects are not encouraging
Oxford Economics, a research firm based in the U.K., has released a 2026 Global Cities index which ranks a thousand cities around the world based on five performance benchmarks. Oxford ranks Seattle fourth, right behind New…
I-194 is Dangerously Overbroad
"I-194 reaches far beyond election spending. It threatens ordinary, unpaid speech about a local property tax levy or ballot measure and asserts a dangerous claim that the government may condition existence under the law…
Another rate hike from the state Monopoly on insurance
Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries wants a 4.9 percent average increase in workers’ compensation rates for 2027. Officials call it about $1.44 a week per full-time worker. Employers would still pay roughly…
Seattle is now price fixing your groceries
This week the Seattle City Council passed Mayor Katie Wilson’s “Fair Pricing and Transparency” ordinance in a 7-2 vote, a first-in-the-nation ban on so-called surveillance pricing. The ordinance takes effect in 2027. The…
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