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The state’s RFK-proofing bill comes with a cost
Washington state’s health insurance system is already weighed down by mandates and rising costs. House Bill 2242 adds to both. It was one of the session’s more visible health care bills, pushed by the governor and the Office…
A Data Center Moratorium Won’t Solve the Problems Proponents Say It Will
The skepticism surrounding data centers has been growing increasingly loud among legislatures and politicians. Governor Ferguson just signed SB 6231, a tax exemption for data centers on replacing equipment, into law, meaning…
What BI-11 Would Actually Mean For Your Property Taxes
"The Bottom Line: The latest draft of Senator Galt’s BI-11 would deliver modest but meaningful ongoing property tax relief for every existing property owner, and more substantial long-term relief now that it has mostly…
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…
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