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U.S. beef prices don’t need “fixing”
Trying to “fix” the cost of beef is anti-agriculture and anti-free market. The president recently suggested the United States would purchase beef from Argentina to flood the American market and drive the cost of U.S. beef…
NH voters want to cut regulations to build more housing, polling confirms
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DOH Ducks a Simple Question on Covid in Nursing Homes
Five years after the coronavirus pandemic, the state Department of Health is pleading ignorance about one of its most hotly debated policy choices of the crisis – a directive that sent thousands of infected patients into…
PFML used by upper incomes to bring all workers another wage decrease
The state has built a worker-financed benefit machine that never stops eating wages. Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program — sold as a compassionate safety net — is becoming a regressive drain on the…
After a year of high minimum wages, a new report shows workers are working less and earning less.
In a follow up to the Washington Policy Centers article showing the immediate negative effects of minimum wage increases in California, a new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has confirmed that high…
World Mental Health Day highlights opportunity to support friends, neighbors
While May is National Mental Health Month in the United States, October 10 was World Mental Health Day. Data shows 970 million people around the world were living with a mental health challenge in 2019.Among the most common…
New H-2A wage methodology could be a game changer
A change in how the United States Department of Labor calculates the minimum wage for agricultural workers in the H-2A visa program could save struggling farmers and orchardists in Washington state as much as $2.80/hr. next…
In the Fight Over ACA Tax Credits, the Stakes Are Lowest for New York
As Washington skirmishes over the future of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, New York has relatively little to gain or lose. The number of New Yorkers using any ACA credits – enhanced or not – stands at…
OSPI Scrubs Website of Key Data
Are Washington state students on track to meet the state’s own goals for achievement and graduation? It is impossible to tell because Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Chris Reykdal scrubbed the web page of the data…
Governor Ferguson signed an executive order that will increase the cost of public construction projects
In July 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson (D) issued Executive Order 25-07, mandating Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for state-funded construction projects exceeding $35 million (unless an exemption is granted). PLAs require…
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