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State health exchange officials are relying on an absurd charade in order to convince the public that they met their enrollment number goal. What state officials are hiding is the inconvenient fact that, if you set a goal low enough, you’re bound to exceed it. Also, Democrat State Treasurer Jim McIntire is, once again, pushing … Continued

Jay Inslee’s Department of Ecology has produced a list of the companies it will target with new carbon rules – rules that our green governor thinks he can impose on the state using executive authority. In other news, Patty Murray – hypocritically – attacks Republicans on college affordability, WSDOT has come up with a terrible … Continued

WSDOT finally admitted that the I-405 tolls have made traffic worse, but that has not kept a top Democrat from blocking a bi-partisan bill that would fix the scheme. In other news, the Seattle City Council will decide whether to spend $1.4 million to keep a failed bike share company afloat, the state Supreme Court … Continued

Team­ – Last week, Democrats showed their true colors when they blocked the possibility of a debate on a bill that would make it harder to raise taxes. The bill in question sought to establish a [time and time again] voter-approved supermajority vote to raise taxes in the state Legislature. Republicans argued that the bill should … Continued

The City of Seattle believes that it is taxpayer money well spent to give someone $10,000 to live part time in the Fremont Bridge’s northwest tower and write poetry. So, we made a list of locations Seattle should consider in the future for artists to sit and write poetry/paint/compose…. all on the taxpayers’ dime, of … Continued

This week, state House Democrats showed their true colors and blocked floor debate on a bill that would make it harder to raise taxes. Speaking of the Democrat-controlled state House, Democrat state Rep. Judy Clibborn has refused to give the I-405 fix a hearing. And, in other news, big labor (once again) proves it is happy … Continued

Sound Transit is preparing to push a $15 billion (possibly $30 billion) spending package (ST3) this fall. The question is, given all the broken promises, how will the agency garner voters’ trust? In other news, California billionaire Tom Steyer has confirmed that he is not ready to endorse Hillary Clinton in the primary race, Democrat … Continued

Democrats and their “green” supporters have quite a few plans to regulate carbon emissions, and they are pushing them this legislative session. Yet, environmentalists claim they are on the defense when it comes to the state Legislature this year. In other news, Democrat lawmakers proposed a graduated state income tax scheme that would be imposed … Continued

The Democrats vendetta against free market innovation continues, proving to voters that they will always side with special interests over free enterprise. In other news, Jay Inslee left out the small detail that the school he visited on Friday is a public charter school in a recent tweet, the Left has resorted to leveling absurd … Continued

Team – Last week, Democrats acted as obstructionists against issues that matter to our state. Rather than work with Republicans to solve pressing problems, Democrats chose to level partisan attacks. Saving charter schools and discovering the truth about the state Department of Corrections (DOC) scandal should be bipartisan objectives. Democrats should want to ensure underprivileged children … Continued

By every indication, Jay Inslee governs with a certain degree of delusional confidence. In light of his confidence, we decided to make a list of four objectives (being pushed by Inslee) that we are confident that Inslee is wrong about being confident in. In other news, House Democrats are pushing another costly extreme “green” energy … Continued

In today’s top stories, Seattle celebrity chef Tom Douglas announced he would adjust to meet costs of the $15 minimum wage by ending tipping. Additionally, a new GOP bill would change Sound Transit’s appointed board to one elected by districts, a King County judge ignores voters’ will and rules that I-1366 is unconstitutional, and the … Continued