Via MomsRising: We’re moms and dads. We know firsthand how fast the flu travels through our workplaces, schools, and child care centers. We’ve been up at 3 am half-focused on caring for a sick child and half-focused on the related “what…
Via MomsRising: We’re moms and dads. We know firsthand how fast the flu travels through our workplaces, schools, and child care centers. We’ve been up at 3 am half-focused on caring for a sick child and half-focused on the related “what…
Peter Callaghan nails it in a wry, tongue-in-cheek column about taxes on candy and bottle water: Some have said paying more for candy is the least we can do to keep public safety agencies intact, to assure that public schools…
The Columbian’s editorial against Initiative 1077 (now I-1098) is an impressive feat of doublespeak — one in which democracy means elected representatives don’t vote to change laws, judges don’t hear cases or interpret the law, and making it possible for…
Cross-posted from the Everett Herald: Let’s talk about taxes. Talking with state legislators, you get the feeling that they want to apologize for the new taxes they voted for, as if that was the wrong thing to do. They should…
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has concluded Washington State has the most regressive tax system in the country. How will Initiative 1098 help restore balance? Background: What’s a regressive tax? A regressive tax is one that takes…
So far, Don Brunell (President of the Association of Washington Business) has gone to bat against Initiative 1098 in nearly identical columns in at least three different newspapers (or is it five?). But he keeps striking out by missing —…
Short Answer: I-1098 will eliminate the Business and Occupation (B&O) tax for Washington’s small businesses by increasing the B&O tax credit from $420 to $4,800 per year. According to a Washington Department of Revenue analysis, under I-1098, 81% of Washington…
Whether we’re in a recession or economic boom, almost all employees have family obligations. From planning the birth of a new baby, to taking care of an elderly parent, to dealing with long term medical emergencies, time away from work…
Washington Policy Review is EOI’s bi-monthly newsletter, with news and commentary on public policy from Washington State and around the country. Click here to subscribe. John Burbank: Most of us can trace our roots back to immigration The discussion about…
This fall, voters will have the opportunity to decide whether Washington’s children will join the ranks of kids in other states who are paying the price for this recession: Hawaii has gone to a four-day school week; districts in Kansas…
