This morning the US Senate approved legislation extending the “enhanced” federal match for Medicaid for another 6 months, starting in January. This is good news for Washington state. The Senate…
Good News on the Budget
Category: News
Current Budget Situation
Last week Kelli Linville, the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, and I sent a letter to Gov Gregoire outlining our recommendation that she use the authority she…
Viaduct Replacement Tunnel Angst
I spent an hour with The Stranger in an endorsement review last week and was astounded at the amount of time they spent on the McGinn-led hysteria about the tunnel…
Sales Tax Exemption for Canadian Residents?
British Columbia is making a minor change in their sales tax today that for some incomprehensible technical reasons winds up exempting all of their residents from paying sales tax in…
Asarco settlement money funds new soil cleanups (Dept. of Ecology news release)
OLYMPIA – With Asarco environmental damage settlement dollars secured and the Legislature’s support, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is planning the next phase of arsenic and lead cleanup associated…