Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Representative Jesse Young (R – Gig Harbor). The four term House member recently announced he will be running for the 26th Legislative District’s Senate seat. … [Read more...]
WSRP’s Caleb Heimlich: “Seattle’s city leadership is a perfect example of why we need balance in Olympia”
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with the Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party Caleb Heimlich. With the end of the 2021 legislative session (which Heimlich labeled as “brutal”), we … [Read more...]
Senator Ron Muzzall: Democrats Seek to “Open the Doors for a Full-Blown Income Tax”
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with emerging legislative leader Senator Ron Muzzall (R – Oak Harbor). The fourth generation Whidbey Island native and farmer was appointed in October 2019 to fill … [Read more...]
Rob McKenna: “Relabeling an Unconstitutional Tax Does Not Change Its Substance and Cure Its Constitutional Defects”
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with former Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna (2005 – 2013), who discusses the much-anticipated lawsuit that will be filed soon (possibly later this … [Read more...]
The 2021 Legislative Session was Expensive for Washington State Farmers
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Washington Policy Center’s Initiative on Agriculture Director Pam Lewison. Lewison is an Eastern Washington farmer with first-hand experience in how political … [Read more...]
GOP House Leader JT Wilcox: “Single Party Government is Deeply Corrosive and (the ESD) Scandal Proves That.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview this week is with House Republican Leader JT Wilcox. The well-regarded Representative Wilcox had a front-row seat for the most expensive legislative session in state … [Read more...]
Tiffany Smiley: Patty Murray is “Carrying the Water for the Senate Democrats, She’s not Fighting for Washington Families.”
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Tiffany Smiley, an effective advocate for veterans who just announced she is running for the U.S. Senate to unseat the 30-year ineffective political insider … [Read more...]
Senator Ann Rivers: “Lack of Public Interaction May have Emboldened My Democratic Colleagues to Pass the Lousy Bills We’ve Seen.”
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Senate Republican Caucus Chair Ann Rivers from La Center (Clark County). The third term senator provides a direct response to Governor Jay Inslee’s recent … [Read more...]
Representative Gilday: “LCFS wastes about 80% of its costs to reduce CO2. That’s not smart public policy”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Representative Greg Gilday (R – Camano Island). We previously spoke with the first-term legislator back in November, just days after his campaign had finished … [Read more...]
Mayor Nadine Woodward: “What You Have Heard Me Continuously Advocate for is a Voice for Spokane”
In 2019, former award-winning broadcaster Nadine Woodward narrowly defeated Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart to become the 45th Mayor of Spokane. In the hotly contested race, Stuckart was … [Read more...]
Harris: Democrat’s Tax Bill is not Providing Balance, “Just Adding More Taxes”
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with House Republican Caucus Chair Paul Harris of Vancouver. Representative Harris has served in the legislature since 2011, after previously serving 10 years on … [Read more...]
Recent State Supreme Court Ruling, and Subsequent Class-Action Lawsuits, Could Shut Down Many Washington State Family Farms
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Gerald Baron, the Executive Director of Save Family Farming, who discusses a recent Washington State Supreme Court ruling which could result in many farms … [Read more...]