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Today Shift looked at Gov. Jay Inslee’s claim that Boeing committed “corporate extortion” when it received tax incentives – which Inslee himself negotiated and then called a special session of the Legislature to pass. Apparently he has mixed feelings about it now. It ranks #8 in our Top Ten most underreported stories of the year. … Continued

Team, Last week, we launched a new series on the Top Ten underreported stories of 2015. We kicked off the series with the many times Jay Inslee broke his no new taxes campaign promises and the many times the state Supreme Court overreached its powers. We feel it’s important to hold our government officials accountable, in all offices … Continued

Continuing our countdown of the Top Ten underreported stories of the year, today Shift examined our partisan, activist, over-reaching state Supreme Court. Unfortunately for us, the court isn’t content to do its own job – they want to do the Legislature’s job, too! We also take a look at the four new tax hike proposals … Continued

Gov. Jay Inslee announced his supplemental budget proposal today and, wouldn’t you know it, he wants to raise taxes…again. The man who ran for office saying he’d veto tax increases revealed that promise to be a Big Lie almost immediately after taking office. It’s just another reminder – when Democrats say they won’t raise taxes, … Continued

Extreme environmentalists sure love to talk about how they are saving the world, because they know that everyone really agrees with them – as long as someone else is picking up the tab. It seems another typical trait of the rabid greenies is a desire to keep much of their work away from the media’s … Continued

Once again the Seattle City Council members could not help themselves – with all eight of those at Monday’s meeting voting to curry favor with labor unions and try to put innovative companies like Uber out of business. Shift features the story today, which got in-depth coverage from the Seattle Times. In another emerging unanimous … Continued

Now that the fundraising freeze has started and Paris global warming talks have ended, maybe Jay Inslee will find some time in his schedule to start working on a priority issue Shift writes about today – saving the state’s voter-approved public charter schools. If Jay can just get the teachers union out of the way, … Continued

Team – Last week, Shift revealed how Jay Inslee’s schedule in the days leading up to his trip to the United Nations climate conference in Paris was consumed by “personal time,” fundraising, and sometimes both in conjunction. In fact, Inslee’s “work” schedule featured a majority of the 50 hours he was on the clock for personal/fundraising … Continued

It’s been a busy week for Jay Inslee, judging from the 15 emails we’ve received from him here at Shift, but mercifully the fundraising freeze will kick in tonight at midnight, and our email in box should clear out a bit. Inslee’s gubernatorial email in-box might fill up a bit though, if taxpayers ask questions … Continued

Another Throw Back Thursday is winding down, so at Shift we highlighted a few memories worth keeping in mind. The first was how hard the teachers union worked to defeat State Senator Andy Hill in 2014, even using a local teacher to attack him in mailings – a teacher that now waxes poetic about the … Continued

Brad Owens latest stint as temporary governor has come to an end, with Jay Inslee making it back from the UN’s global warming gabfest today, and reassuming the reigns of “leadership” over Washington State. As Shift reports today, Inslee’s Paris trip was marked by plenty of symbolism, and very little actual work – just the … Continued

You would think that $15 billion would be enough in next taxes – but not for Sound Transit. As Shift reports today, Puget Sound’s less-than-trustworthy transit agency is feeling the pressure to go beyond – far beyond – the $15 billion tax measure approved by the legislature earlier this year. Instead, Sound Transit announced it’s … Continued