Legislators are back in Olympia for a special session to finish balancing a state budget heading $2.8 billion into the red. For me, part of the struggle is confronting a…
Arts bill fails again
For the umpteenth year in a row we have failed to get a bill out of the Legislature that shifts the funding streams around to fund 4Culture, King County’s arts…
Rep. Carlyle’s remarks on House Bill 2561 – Funding Construction of Energy Cost Saving Improvements to Public Facilities
Interesting Pension Fund Data
The following was included in the most recent issue of Capitol Ideas, the magazine published by the Council of State Governments: “A new report from the Pew Center on the…
What’s a Tax Loophole?
When you and I sell our homes, we pay real estate excise tax. So how come some businesses don’t pay it on multi-million-dollar transactions? If we hire contractors to remodel…