Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Spokane Good Government Alliance (SGGA) Executive Director John Estey, as we spotlight the important elections which are taking place this year in the state’s … [Read more...]
Rep. Schmick: The state’s mental health failures are due to “a lack of leadership” from the Inslee Administration
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Representative Joe Schmick (R – Colfax), in which he discussed the recent federal court decision to fine the Inslee Administration $100 million for not providing … [Read more...]
WASPC’s Strachan: “Crime has decreased in some parts of the United States but overall crime in Washington has continued to rise.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Steven Strachan, the Executive Director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC). This week the organization released its annual Crime … [Read more...]
Senator Chris Gildon: I am stunned by the indifference Democrats “are showing to the pain being felt by everyday Washingtonians.“
Governor Jay Inlsee and Democrat lawmakers repeatedly asserted that their Cap and Trade (i.e. “carbon tax”) legislation would only cost consumers “pennies” when they passed the legislation (with … [Read more...]
Keilman: “If you want to save the state, you must focus on Seattle.”
Shift’s special Newsmaker Interview is with Susanna Keilman, one of the primary organizers of the vigil and march on Saturday morning to honor Eina Kwon and her unborn child, who were killed in a … [Read more...]
WPC’s Sean O’Brien: “It’s galling how the governor misled the public on the impacts of the state cap-and-trade program”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Sean O’Brien, the new Eastern Washington Director for the Washington Policy Center (WPC). Sean returned to Washington State after spending eight years in … [Read more...]
Councilmember Reagan Dunn: “Housing First is a system that keeps struggling people dependent on the government.”
King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn is Shift’s Newsmaker Interview. Last week the councilmember wrote a much-discussed Seattle Times op-ed in which he asserted that King County should stop funding … [Read more...]
Brandi Kruse: Journalists “should be deeply troubled when politicians start dictating who gets access and who doesn’t.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Brandi Kruse, the creator and host of the local political podcast “[un]Divided.” In just over a decade in the Seattle market, the native Minnesotan distinguished … [Read more...]
Babylon Bee’s Kyle Mann: “You have to laugh at the absurdity of the situation.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Kyle Mann, the editor-in-chief of the conservative satirical website The Babylon Bee. In early 2022, the site became embroiled in a national debate over free … [Read more...]
“Exit Interview” with WPC’s Jason Mercier: “Unless the voters act, expect to see this income tax door swing open wider in the coming years.”
Shift presents a special Newsmaker Interview with Jason Mercier, Washington Policy Center’s Director of the Center for Government Reform. Unfortunately this is an “exit interview” since it was … [Read more...]
Long-Term Care expert Mike Anderson: “It seems highly likely that the tax rates will get raised very soon”
As the revised start date (July 1st) of the Democrats’ bungled and expensive Long-Term Care payroll tax and plan (WA Cares) is quickly approaching, Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with one of the … [Read more...]
Journalist Jonathan Choe: “The government does not get to dictate the press.”
The Newsmaker Interview is with journalist Jonathan Choe, a Senior Fellow for the Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness project. His reporting on the drug and homelessness crises in the Seattle area … [Read more...]