This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Joe Fain, President and CEO of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and former Washington State Senator from the 47th Legislative District. Fain provides his … [Read more...]
Interview with Senator Hans Zeiger, a Rising Star within the GOP
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with a rising star within the Republican party, Senator Hans Zeiger (R-Puyallup). A native of Puyallup, Zeiger was first elected to the Washington House of … [Read more...]
SeaTac City Councilmember Peter Kwon on the City’s Remarkable Financial Turnaround (Without Raising Taxes) and How Other Local Governments Can Also Achieve Financial Stability
In this week’s Newsmaker Interview, we focus on the remarkable financial turnaround that has occurred in SeaTac by talking with Councilmember Peter Kwon. At the beginning of 2016 the city was $2.5 … [Read more...]
Senator Doug Ericksen on Breaching the Ballard Locks, Low Carbon Fuel Standards, Governor Inslee, and Out-Of-Touch Seattle Legislators
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Senator Doug Ericksen who has represented the 42nd District (Whatcom County) since 1999 – first as a House member for 12 years, and as a Senator since 2011. … [Read more...]
Jami Lund On the Power and Influence of Public Union Money
Jami Lund was recently the target of a vindictive campaign by the Washington Education Association and other government employee unions as they spent more than $92,000 to buy his seat on the Centralia … [Read more...]
Roanoke Conference Speaker Alexandra DeSanctis on Hollywood, Family Leave, and Being a Pro-Life Woman
National Review staff writer Alexandra DeSanctis is this week’s Newsmaker Interview. She is a graduate of Notre Dame University and a previous William F. Buckley Fellow. Alexandra will be the featured … [Read more...]
House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox on the Upcoming Legislative Session and the 2020 Elections
J.T. Wilcox (R-Yelm) is a five-term representative from the 2nd Legislative District which encompasses rural Pierce and Thurston counties. Wilcox currently serves as the Republican House Leader and … [Read more...]
Todd Myers: On the Snake River Dams and Why Many Environmental Policies are Damaging the Environment
Todd Myers is the Director of the Center for the Environment at the Washington Policy Center. He is the author of the nationally acclaimed book “Eco-Fads: How the rise in trendy environmentalism is … [Read more...]
After Leading the Successful Implementation of VoteWA, Sec. Wyman Looks Forward to New Challenges
Now that the 2019 elections have been certified, what is your assessment of the new VoteWA election system? First, I am so proud of our county auditors, election administrators, and my elections … [Read more...]
Newsmaker Interview with Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler
Mark Schoesler is a fifth-generation wheat farmer from Ritzville and the Senator from the 9th Legislative District, which takes in all or parts of Adams, Asotin, Franklin, Garfield, Spokane, and … [Read more...]
Newsmaker Interview With Christopher Rufo
Today we are introducing our new Friday feature, “Newsmaker Interviews.” We will pose four or five questions to those who are working to make a positive difference in Washington state. We look … [Read more...]