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…
Statement from Rep. Marko Liias on today’s state revenue forecast
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…
Continuing Economic Distress
This is a fascinating chart that shows the difference between the current recession and everything after the Great Depression. As you go further back in time the data become less…
What’s the Infrastructure Financing Task Force up to lately?
Rep. Bob Hasegawa was recently a guest on KEXP’s “Mind Over Matters” with Mike McCormick to talk about the Washington Investment Trust and the work the Infrastructure Financing Task Force…