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Shift closes out a somber week with a tribute to one of our favorites, State Senator Andy Hill. His passing on Monday has left a hole in the hearts of people from too many places to mention: in Washington State politics, on soccer fields in Redmond, public schools throughout the Eastside (and state), and among … Continued

Campaign money is on folks’ minds as the campaign season draws to a close. So today at Shift we highlighted a front-page Seattle Times story that puts a spotlight on Hillary Clinton’s top Washington State donors – or at least those giving from $100,000 to $1 million. We also couldn’t help but share the foibles … Continued

Sometimes we might sound like a broken record here at Shift, but that’s because the liberals in Washington keep trying to do the same silly things. Today we highlight three of their usual causes. First, the state income tax is back in the news, because Republicans are saying – accurately – that Democrats want one, … Continued

Big money continues to flow in to Washington State campaigns, and today Shift highlights some friends from New York, Houston and even London who are polluting our air waves with ads to tell us to raise our taxes to make up for the fact that their own cities/states/countries generate much more pollution that we do … Continued

Shift is back on its semi-regular schedule, have vanquished an October cold (for now). Now if only we could find a way to convince reporters to actually do research when looking at the ways that Democrats launder money into their campaigns every election season. Today we highlight a particularly poor piece from the Puget Sound … Continued

Cold and flu season does not respect election season, or even the need to write about breaking political news. So today, Shift did publish a daily profile on big liberal spending–shining a light on Jay Inslee’s Super PAC, Our Washington–before the crud sidelined our writer. We’ll be back tomorrow

It just wouldn’t be a Monday without another story about the corruption surrounding Sound Transit, this one from Seattle Times about how the campaign is mainly being funded by companies and unions that will rake in the tax dollars that ST3 (Regional Proposition 1) would raise. Evidently you can build a lot of support when … Continued

General election ballots have been mailed, and people are voting. The issues and candidates that Shift has been shining a light on for months (or years, as is the case with “green” governor Jay Inslee) are having their fate decided – every day until November 8. So last week , we put a few of … Continued

Another week is wrapping up – and as we highlighted today, that probably means (based on last week) that Jay Inslee has completed at least 8 hours of official work this week (we’ll let you know next Friday if that prediction proves accurate). Our “green” governor truly is the anti-James Brown – certainly not the … Continued

The presidential debates are over, and the ballots are in the mail, so perhaps now voters can get down to looking at state races. To help with that, Shift takes a look again today at one of the big-money liberal special interests, and this time we put a spotlight on that alleged environmental organization, the … Continued

Our national nightmare is almost over, as the final presidential debate is tonight and general election ballots are going in the mail today across Washington State. We’ll soon be rid of political yard signs for another year! So Shift, placed a focus on the races today, with a feature highlighting the most competitive state legislative … Continued

The election calendar keeps ticking down – and now we’re at three weeks to go, And with ballots going in the mail this week. And that focuses more attention on the candidates and causes we’ll be voting on – and, as we publicize today, even allows Shift to acquire a regular gig on the radio … Continued