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Funding education with closed tax loopholes (Part 3 of 4)
The House supplemental budget proposal included a package of education investments that will bring the state closer to meeting its McCleary education goals, drawing funds from the closure of four...
What is a “Road User Charge?”
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed a supplemental transportation budget with strong bipartisan support. It was a no new taxes budget that continued funding for a number of...
Lights out? Just the mercury ones
The switch is on. It’s been a long, winding, and often dark and stormy road to building an effective recycling program for old mercury light bulbs, but one enlightened Washington...
We can do better…
The Advance has recently highlighted many of Washington’s more remarkable successes. And while we should all celebrate those achievements, there are always opportunities for improvement. According to the Bill &...
Restoring opportunity for all Washington’s children
Imagine you are 16 years old… It’s summertime, it’s late, and you are hanging out with your friends at a park. One of them breaks out a bottle of vodka...
Prioritizing mental health, preventing tragedies
On July 5, 2013, Doug and Nancy Reuter received the most heartbreaking news of their lives: their 28-year-old son, Joel, was dead. Joel had struggled with bi-polar disorder since 2004...
Blue state? Maybe — but we’re making lots of red wine!
2013 was a year of firsts for the Washington state wine industry: It was the first year that wine-grape production from the state’s vineyards exceeded 200,000 tons. The total of...
Funding education with closed tax loopholes (Part 2 of 4)
The House supplemental budget proposal includes a package of education investments that will bring the state closer to meeting its McCleary education goals, drawing funds from the closure of four...
Washington back in Top 10 “Happy States”
Are you happy now? A digital publication called The Fiscal Times is among media and other sources calling Washington one of the happiest of the 50 states. We come in...
Tax preferences, part 1 – extracted fuel
House Democrats are working on short- and long-term solutions to fulfill our constitutional obligation to fully fund education. To meet this obligation, we’ll need to invest an additional $2 billion...