Democrat U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is back doing what she does best: launching highly partisan attacks over an issue that should be bi-partisan. Sen. Murray is promoting a “new tool aimed at collecting … [Read more...]
Democrats seek to obstruct GOP college affordability bill
Last week, state Senate Republicans rolled out the “College Affordability Program”(SB 5954), a plan that seeks to decrease the cost of college tuition at public universities. The bill would link … [Read more...]
Your Thanksgiving dinner talking points
The old adage, “The dinner table is no place for politics” doesn’t always hold true when the whole family gets together for Thanksgiving dinner. In fact, the Young Democrats started a Twitter hashtag … [Read more...]
McAuliffe pretends to support K-12 education
Democrat State Senator Rosemary McAuliffe recently became the latest lawmaker to sign the “Paramount Duty Resolution," a liberal excuse for gathering email addresses through a petition to fully fund … [Read more...]
WSU kicks off fall with promise of lower tuition, thanks to GOP
Washington State University opened its doors for fall semester yesterday. And, thanks to the Republican controlled state Senate, students—and working families—can look forward to a lift in their … [Read more...]
Superintendent Randy Dorn’s unhinged plan to shutdown state gov
Washington State Superintendent Randy Dorn isn’t happy with the extent to which state legislators funded public education in the state budget. And, he’s letting everyone know about it. … [Read more...]
GOP budget win marred by Democrats’ latest demand
The state Legislature adopted—and Jay Inslee signed—a new state budget with mere hours to spare before triggering a July 1 partial state government shutdown. The state Senate passed the … [Read more...]
GOP wins big on higher education
Republicans won the college tuition battle. Yesterday evening, the state Legislature passed a balanced, no new taxes budget that—among other GOP victories—included the College Affordability Program … [Read more...]
Democrats stand tall – against any tuition reduction bill
“I urge you to reject any bill which would reduce tuition [for any program],” said Democrat Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe. Yes, these words actually came out of the mouth of the women that Senate … [Read more...]
2022 Midterm Elections: Candidate Profiles
Leading up the 2022 midterm elections, we here at Shift WA interviewed state and local candidates across Washington and gathered background information on races of interest to us to help identify the … [Read more...]
GOP Senate Leader Braun on ’22 legislative session: “Misplaced priorities and missed opportunities reached a level no one could have predicted”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Senate Republican Leader John Braun (Centralia) as we wrap up our coverage of the 2022 legislative session. In our extensive interview with the third-term senator, … [Read more...]
No achievements, no problem – Inslee’s first TV ad takes credit for work of others
Last week, Jay Inslee released his re-election campaign’s first TV ad. The topic of our green governor’s first ad is job creation. It claims that Inslee’s focus since his first day in office has been … [Read more...]