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Why Electricity Rates Are Rising in Washington
Electricity rates are rising rapidly in Washington state and there has been a significant amount of attention to the impact on residential customers.There have been several stories about proposed rate increases in Western…
H-2A bill looks to update the program for the better
The H-2A farmworker visa program might finally be headed for the overhaul it has needed for a long time.The U.S. House of Representatives has an opportunity to take up the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act (SAWA) currently…
Federal Suit Traces Medicaid Fraud to the Top of NYS Government
The Trump administration’s latest salvo against Medicaid fraud takes aim at a different kind of target – two high-ranking New York officials along with a major state contractor. A civil suit filed Tuesday by the Justice…
Frontier Institute Launches Taxpayer Protection Now Campaign
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Hospital price transparency is good, but its impact will be limited
A patient with chest pain is not sitting in the back of an ambulance comparing hospital prices on her phone. Nor will most patients comparison-shop when an insurer or government program pays most of the bill. That is the…
Washington Tax Collections Are Running Below Forecast as the Economy Softens
Three months after lawmakers raised taxes to balance this year's supplemental budget, the revenue those taxes were supposed to deliver is already coming in short.The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council's June…
Trading one bad healthcare system for another is not a solution
If you don’t want Washingtonians to experience the healthcare access problems, waitlists, lack of choice, high taxes and rationing practices that people in countries with taxpayer-funded universal healthcare experience, you…
The Seattle “PayUp” tax is a failed experiment hurting workers, restaurants, and consumers
Two years after Seattle implemented its landmark app-based worker minimum payment ordinance, better known as the “PayUp” law, the results are in, and they confirm what we at the Washington Policy Center warned from the…
Help workers know their rights
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New resource can help public employees understand their rights
Washington Policy Center (WPC) often hears public employees say they didn’t know they had a choice about union membership. That’s not surprising. Government employers generally don’t provide information about this right, and…
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