According to news reports, J.P. Morgan Chase has announced that it is on track to comply with a new state law that requires disclosure of an 85-cent ATM fee that…
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State revenues continue to decline
Citing the “fragile aftermath of the Great Recession.” the Executive Director of the the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council delivered some bad news today: the revenue forecast is now…
Statement from Rep. Marko Liias on today’s state revenue forecast
I voted against the state budget this year, because I believed that an all-cuts budget was not sustainable. The cuts to education and long-term care are examples of decisions that…
Planet Money podcast – I hope it isn’t prescient
NPR’s “Planet Money” show is interesting enough that I listened to it while exercising at the gym today. This may say more about me than about the show, but I…
Washington State Revenue Forecast
I don’t comment much on the “other Washington” but I have to say that I’m a little frustrated at the game of “chicken” we’re seeing played, and the impact we…