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John Donahoe: The Mom & Pop Internet Sales Tax

Posted April 23rd, 2013 by Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

Taxes: President Obama’s Budget Would Hit Middle Class

Posted April 23rd, 2013 by Politico

Few in U.S. See Guns, Immigration as Nation’s Top Problems

Posted April 17th, 2013 by Gallup

Five Years After the Start of the Recession, State Tax Revenues Haven’t Recovery

Posted April 17th, 2013 by Real Clear Policy

How We Pay Taxes, in 14 Charts

Posted April 16th, 2013 by The Atlantic

China Loses Momentum in Blow to Global Expansion

Posted April 15th, 2013 by Bloomberg Business Week

Top 5 Myths About Chained-CPI, Debunked

Posted April 12th, 2013 by The Nation

The President’s Priorities

Posted April 11th, 2013 by Wall Street Journal Editorial

The President’s Budget

Posted April 11th, 2013 by New York Times Editorial

Obama Unveils $3.77 Trillion Spending Plan

Posted April 10th, 2013 by Washington Post

Latest State

Scholarships Aim to Encourage Students to Study Science, Engineering

Boeing, Microsoft Kick in $25 Million for Scholarship Program

By Glenn Farley | KING-5 TV
The First Cohort of Scholars

Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Program is Worthy of Support

By Editorial | The (Everett) Herald
Environmental Coalition Wants Single Coal Port Study

Advocates Call it a Delaying Tactic

By Bill Sheets | The (Everett) Herald
Insurers Move to Cover Abortion

Two Companies That Had Ducked Benefit Earlier Now Cover Procedure in Latest Rate Filing

By Mike Baker | Associated Press
State Auditors Fault Seattle Schools Over Federal Grant Money

District Will Have to Repay Money -- as Much as $400K

By Linda Shaw | Seattle Times
FBI Arrests Man in Spokane Ricin Scare

Two Letters Found in Spokane Post Office

By Nick Geranios | Associated Press
No Raise for Inslee, Commission Decides

Supreme Court Justices Will Make More Than Governor

By Brad Shannon | The Olympian

Latest National/World

UK: Soldier’s Murder May Be Terror-Related

Prime Minister Cameron condemns attack in London in which soldier was hacked to death and says Islam must not be blamed.

By Al Jazeera
Do Charter Schools Work?

The latest findings, based on six well-regarded charter schools in Boston, released Wednesday by the Boston Foundation adds to the accumulating evidence that at least a subset of high-performing charters are measuring up to the movement’s early aspirations of giving disadvantaged kids a shot at a better life.

By Slate
Insight: The Road to a Greener America Is Littered with Road-Kill

The global financial crisis helped slam the brakes on dreams of a Hydrogen Highway, but the roots of green energy's mid-life crisis - marked by a rash of recent corporate collapses in everything from electric cars to solar panels - run far deeper.

By Reuters
Insurers Feel Pressure from Health Group with Ties to White House

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has already come under fire from congressional Republicans because she has raised money for the organization.

By The Hill
Senators Push for Safer Chemicals

A bill unveiled by Sens. Frank Lautenberg and David Vitter on Wednesday would give the Environmental Protection Agency new authority to take action on dangerous chemicals and require more scrutiny of chemicals before they reach the market.

By Politico
The Gross Domestic Product and Health Care Spending

An examination of data from the past 60 years for the economy as a whole and for health care expenditures indicates that there has been a robust relationship between the two.

By New England Journal of Medicine
Poll: Most back ‘Path to Citizenship,’ Setting Up Tough Choice for GOP Lawmakers

In the new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 58 percent of all Americans support a so-called “path to citizenship” that offers those currently living in the United States illegally a way to achieve legal status if they pay a fine and meet other requirements.

By Washington Post