While not on the order of the love note Washington State Democrats delivered Monday to liberal activists, Republicans in Olympia today are taking credit for a gift of deceptive importance[...]
Tomorrow Governor Gregoire will be holding a press conference outlining her recommendations to address the state’s budget deficit. Today her budget director Marty Brown sent a letter to state unions[...]
It’s hard to tell from reading the articles, but state employee compensation has risen 17.3 percent over the last ten years. Both the Olympian and the News Tribune recently ran[...]
On the news that Gov. Christine Gregoire is finally calling the State Legislature back into session to tackle budget woes in the form of a $1.5 billion deficit, Republican candidate[...]
Governor Gregoire announced this morning she is calling a special session to start November 28 to address the state’s $1 billion plus budget deficit. Here are my notes from her[...]
It may have been by design, though perhaps it was simply fortuitous, that the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council voted to extend the contract for the state’s current Chief Economist[...]
Washington State is faring better than Washington D.C. when it comes to governmental credit rating. While national credit rating firms have put the U.S. on their “watch” list for possible[...]
Even after over 200 years, our Constitution is still a thing of wondrous beauty. The proof of the Constitution’s success is, like those truths in the Declaration of Independence, self-evident:[...]
That didn’t take long. The 2009-11 supplemental budget (rolled into the 2011-13 budget) Governor Gregoire signed yesterday is already projected to end in an $84 million deficit thanks to today’s[...]
It is an honor to have my op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal. It is also true that editors 3,000 miles away have the power to edit my words[...]
State May Want to Keep Those Death Tax Refunds on HandJune 17, 2013
Do As We Say, Not As We Do: Teachers Union Redoubles Attacks on State Sen. Andy Hill in Second Special SessionJune 15, 2013
U.S. Senate Amesty Bill is a Wasteful Diversion from Making Real Fixes to Immigration and Border SecurityJune 14, 2013
Tweets from Congressional Staffers Describe On-Job Drinking in Office of Congressman LarsenDecember 8, 2011
Democrats in Legislature Introduce Bill To Prohibit Costco From Selling Liquor Under Law Company Helped PassJanuary 13, 2012
J.Z. Knight’s Ramtha School Runs Full-Page Ad in Sunday Seattle Times Touting Group’s Gambling Hot StreakApril 7, 2013
