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The Morning Briefing is here to give you a quick rundown of what is happening in Olympia and on both sides of the Cascades. If you feel we missed something that should be covered or have any tips, email it to [email protected]. If you don’t want to receive this email each morning, click here to … Continued

Happy New year. The last week of 2016 ends with the last installment of Shift’s look at the lumps of coal which Jay Inslee put in taxpayer stockings at Christmas.  Today we highlight the tax on out-of-state shoppers. Inslee must have forgotten that voters just rejected that tax in November – or maybe, he just … Continued

The new year is coming up fast, but Shift still has time to review a couple more lumps of coal that Jay Inslee put in taxpayers’ Christmas stocking last weekend. Today – after highlighting his income tax and gas-price raising schemes – we take a look at his attack on small businesses. Fortunately, the legislature … Continued

We’re on the downhill side of the last week of 2016, with Shift taking another look at the tax-raising lumps of coal that Jay Inslee put into taxpayers’ Christmas stockings this year. Today we highlight the gas/carbon tax that Jay has been trying to jam down our throats since his days in Congress. We also … Continued

The lumps of coal from Jay Inslee just keep on a-comin’, and today we feature our “green” governor’s desire for a capital gains income tax. Just the thought of creating the state’s first income tax gets Inslee (and his big campaign donors) all excited, though he certainly didn’t want to admit that when running for … Continued

The last week of the year between Christmas and January 1 is often one of reflection – and short staffs due to vacation time – at most mainstream media outlets. You tend to see a lot of pre-packaged stories that seem like analysis, but are actually just a regurgitation of what’s been written earlier in … Continued

The holiday season is in full swing as we reach the end of another work week. Heading into the Christmas weekend, the Shift team has a few loose ends to wrap up before we finish our shopping. First, we finally feature a couple of articles today that were originally written Tuesday, but which somehow disappeared … Continued

It seems that plenty of folks must be getting some last-minute Christmas shopping done during the work day this week, judging from the lack of returned emails and phone calls here at Shift. And, we must admit – and you may have noticed – that we’ve missed writing a few of our daily stories as … Continued

Well, now that the Electoral College electors have survived anonymous phone calls from across the country, and did what everyone expected them to do in their every-four-years ritual (re-affirm the election of a new president), we can turn back to more typical activities here at Shift. So, even though today is not a Throwback Thursday, … Continued

Danger – steep taxes ahead! That’s the message in today’s Shift, if Jay “I will veto tax increases” Inslee has his way. Turns out that once the votes are in, it’s safe for Jay to start proposing the tax increases he said were bad during the campaign. How does $4 billion over the next two … Continued

We’re into the 12 days before Christmas, and it turns out that one of the items that King County Democrats wanted was “one new State Senator who wasn’t selected by her district”. So, Shift has a couple items on that controversial selection, including one that points out that some reporters don’t seem to focus too … Continued

It came down to a penalty shootout on Sunday, but Seattle walked away from this weekend with another major championship under their belts when the Sounders won their first MLS Cup championship. Congratulations are to the Seattle Sounders for their win! However, while we have a reason to celebrate the hard-working athletes who make up … Continued