Some extreme environmentalists in Washington State are crowing about their “victory” over Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF), after the company agreed to a $1 million dollar settlement in a … [Read more...]
Seattle Council encouraged to slap higher taxes on businesses
The rest of the country is still recovering from last week’s elections, and determining what the “new normal” is going to be. However, in Seattle, the lesson learned from the elections by the city … [Read more...]
Liberals won’t listen to voters on carbon tax
Like Glenn Close rising for the bathtub in Fatal Attraction, liberals are rising from last week’s 59-41% thumping of the carbon tax (Initiative 732) to demand that the next legislature pass a tax the … [Read more...]
The carbon tax is dead, long live the carbon tax
Never let it be said that liberals are willing to let any grass grow under their feet when it comes to trying to raise energy taxes on the public. Just consider these comments issued within 12 … [Read more...]
Battle for jobs continues in Longview
The Millennium Bulk Terminal project in Longview appears to be the last new mega-project standing that has the potential to create jobs for exporting coal and other commodities from Washington State. … [Read more...]
Min wage opponents point out economy of state “is not Seattle”
Washington State already has the second-highest minimum wage in the country “thanks” to the labor unions bosses who paid for a citizen initiative in 1998. Since then, our state’s minimum wage has … [Read more...]
Whacky Dems don’t support free trade – or Dems who do
The Obama administration has been pushing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) all year, in hopes of securing a free trade legacy for the outgoing president. Unfortunately for him – and those who … [Read more...]
Labor lays it out – carbon tax bad, doesn’t raise enough taxes
Shift has reported extensively on the intra-mural battle that is Initiative 732. On the Left is a self-proclaimed “stand-up economist” pushing a carbon tax, to increase the cost of energy for everyone … [Read more...]
(McDermott) Hunger Games: Candidates don’t know a dam thing
Washington State has a few distinct economic advantages over much of the rest of the country – besides our great intellectual capital (think Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Craig McCaw, etc.), our lack of a … [Read more...]
Surprise – feds’ environmental study moves Millennium project forward
The Left has been fighting for years to kill proposals to build export terminals in Washington State which, while creating jobs and providing millions of dollars in economic benefits here, could be … [Read more...]
Greenies (still) think I-732 is bad
You know an environmental initiative is in trouble when even the most extreme “green” groups in Washington State – like the Sierra Club – think it’s bad public policy. And you really know it’s bad … [Read more...]
Labor union advice – do as we say, not as we do
The hypocrisy of labor activists in Washington State has been well documented by Shift in the past. These far-Left leaders love to push big-government regulations on the private sector, but generally … [Read more...]