Jason Mercier is the Director of the Center for Government Reform at Washington Policy Center. He wrote the following commentary on the recent lawsuit filed against...Read More

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following opinion piece on HB 3003 and I-940.  The Beef: Initiative 940, an initiative to the legislature, has...Read More

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following opinion piece about HB 3003, a bill to alter Washington’s use of deadly force law. ...Read More

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following commentary on Sens. Ericksen and Baumgartner’s recently announced carbon bill.  This morning, in the Washington...Read More

Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, released the following statement after Rep. Drew Hansen’s House Bill 2282 was signed into law by the governor today: “Net neutrality...Read More

Jim Boldt, President of Duckabush Communications/Public Affairs, wrote the following commentary on Sen. Baumgartner’s new proposal to designate April 1, “Governor Jay Inslee Integrity Day.”...Read More

Gail Gatton, Executive Director of Audubon Washington, Matthew Hepner, Executive Director of the Certified Electrical Workers of Washington, and Vlad Gutman-Britten, Washington State Director of...Read More

Rep. Bruce Chandler, R-Granger and ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement today regarding the House Democrat 2018 supplemental budget proposal:...Read More

Today’s robust revenue forecast should leave no doubt it is time to table all talk of tax increases by lawmakers. Instead attention should turn to...Read More

Before addressing the policy specifics of the bill, it is important to remember it is very hard to get an initiative measure qualified for the...Read More