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Your Electricity Bill is the General Assembly’s New Favorite Piggy Bank
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookKey energy legislation poised to pass the 2026 General Assembly will increase your future electricity bills, not lower them. They will worsen price…
Finding the hidden cost of federal agency guidance
Finding the hidden cost of federal agency guidance Written by Federal agencies often issue guidance to state officials and others about how they believe the recipients should comply with federal laws, creating a strong…
SBOE Workgroups Announced: The Final Fight for Texas History
The workgroup numbers for the Texas State Board of Education are finally out, and they reveal a historic milestone for our state’s education system. As the SBOE moves toward the completion of this monumental process, it is…
Assessing Tax Trends in the City of Dallas
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in the city of Dallas? And, if so, have local decision-makers actively helped or hurt the situation? To help answer these questions, let’s review the city’s 2024 Annual…
Sutherland Institute releases new report calling for constitutional amendment for campaign finance reform
SALT LAKE CITY (February 18, 2026) — Sutherland Institute today released a new policy report examining how federal court decisions have limited states’ ability to regulate spending on elections and arguing for a…
Are you a public employee with a pension? The income tax is coming for you too
1. Proposed income tax strips long-standing protections for public and private pensions.2. The bill's amendments to multiple RCW sections, such as 2.10.180, 2.12.090, and 2.14.100, explicitly ends exemptions for…
Senate Bill 5496 – When governments tell you what you can buy and sell
Washington state's housing crisis is real. High home prices, limited supply, and families squeezed out of homeownership. But the legislature's response in Senate Bill 5496 (E2SSB 5496) is a misguided overreach that…
Senate shenanigans: Income tax debate, double-standards
Watch Senate floor debate over the as-of-yet unconstitutional income tax that Washington state lawmakers have proposed in Senate Bill 6346. Spoiler alert: The Democratic-led Senate ended up passing the penalty on high-income…
Fear Porn About AI Dominance Follows The Covid Tyrants’ Playbook
I don’t know what the future of AI holds. But neither do any of the people using panic rhetoric to induce population-wide fear and dread. Reading Matt Shumer’s viral essay about artificial intelligence was like stepping back…
State lawmakers considering a bill to make health care less affordable
Making it difficult or unlikely that health care workers get paid for their services does not make health care more affordable in our state. It shifts some people’s costs onto others, and it treats providers unfairly.Medical…
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