Whatever else stepping down as governor will cost Christine Gregoire, she doesn’t figure to suffer financially. In fact, her state pension currently projects to be $3,000 a year more than she’s earning as Washington’s chief executive. According to documents obtained in a public disclosure request by the Freedom Foundation, Gregoire’s pension was calculated last July by the Washington State Department

Believe it or not, state revenues are still projected to increase by $2.1 billion for the 2011-13 biennium over the 2009-11 biennium. Unfortunately for lawmakers this increase is $1.4 billion less than what was estimated at the June Revenue Forecast meaning a budget deficit exceeding $1 billion now exists. According to the state’s chief economist, Dr. Arun Raha: “We are

Jay Inslee, candidate for governor, proposed using pension money to fund startups. The Seattle Times pointed out a glaring problem with this idea, saying, “his proposal to use part of public employees’ pension money as financial kindling to light a fire under ‘startup innovative companies’ abounds with unnecessary risk.” Most people realize that startups have a higher-than-90% failure rate. So

Last night Congressman Jay Inslee did an interview with TVW’s Austin Jenkins discussing his positions as a candidate for Governor. Among the policies discussed were Inslee’s position on tax increases and whether the voter-approved 2/3 vote requirement for tax increases is constitutional. Here is the video of that interview queued up to the conversation on those issues: Cliff notes version:

You have only to listen to Congressman Jay Inslee’s kickoff announcement of his candidacy for Governor to realize his is absolutely the wrong person to put in charge of running Washington State. Like all politicians, he says he wants to improve the state’s economy and promote job creation, but exactly how does he plan on doing that? He says now

Since Congressman Jay Inslee made his announcement Monday  that he would challenge Republican Rob McKenna in next year’s election for governor, conversation has been stuck on one point—his proposal to use state pension funds for private sector investment in start-ups—in Inslee’s otherwise vaguely-defined plan to correct the state’s economic course. As reported by The Seattle Times: One of Inslee’s chief

The issue of green jobs and clean energy solutions is likely to feature prominently throughout Congressman Jay Inslee’s campaign for Washington State governor. But what is Inslee’s real track record on picking the winning and losing fuel sources for America’s future. Not good, according to environmental policy guru Todd Myers. Myers writes at Red County: Inslee has long been an

It seems that even without a full day having passed since Congressman Jay Inslee’s (D-Wash.) announcement to run for governor of Washington, Inslee’s reputation for giving out slippery facts has begun to infect the media friendly to his campaign. The site of Inslee’s Monday morning announcement of candidacy was Targeted Growth, Inc, a biotech firm in the South Lake Union

In the two weeks since Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced he was running for governor in 2012, the Associated Press has been wearing down red pencils fact-checking claims made during Republican Rob McKenna during his announcement speech earlier this month. The AP found errors in three of the claims made by McKenna and as is often the case

Last week Attorney General Rob McKenna did an interview with TVW’s Austin Jenkins discussing his positions as a candidate for Governor. Among the policies discussed were McKenna’s position on tax increases, whether the voter-approved 2/3 vote requirement for tax increases is constitutional and if the state is fully taking advantage of opportunities for competitive contracting. Here is the video of

On Monday morning, standing in front of the Washington State Governor’s Mansion in Olympia, two-term incumbent Democrat Gov. Christine Gregoire told reporters that she would not seek a third term in office. Though Gregoire acknowledged that “serving in public office can be very lonely,” she said she “never felt lonely,” giving credit to her staff and supporters. As for her

Associated Press and Politico.com are reporting Monday morning that sources close to Washington State Gov. Christine Gregoire are saying that she will announce this morning that she will not seek a third term. The office of Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire sent out a notice earlier today for a 10:00 a.m. news conference in which she will announce her “future

According to inside sources, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna will announce his campaign for governor Wednesday evening. Late Tuesday afternoon, the McKenna campaign released a statement that a “major announcement” would be made at an event scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Sammamish High School. An announcement of candidacy by McKenna would be the first