Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Caitlyn Axe, the author of a new must-read report from the Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness project. The report revealed that the King County Regional Housing … [Read more...]
Mayor Woodward: “I am committed to serving a second term with the primary purpose of leaving Spokane in a better position than when I began.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward, who is up for re-election after her first term in office. She will be facing Lisa Brown, a liberal career politician and former … [Read more...]
Tree Fruit Association’s Jon DeVaney asserts that the state’s overtime wage laws have cost farmers and farmworkers money, and caused fruit to spoil before it can be harvested.
Jon DeVaney, the President of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WAFTA), is our Newsmaker Interview. DeVaney became involved with the tree fruit industry in 2009 after working with … [Read more...]
Senator Short: “The buck stops with the governor” for his failure to follow the law to provide an exemption to farmers on rising fuel prices.
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Senator Shelly Short (R – Addy) who serves the 7th Legislative District (Northeast Washington from the Cascade Mountains to the Idaho border). After serving in … [Read more...]
WPC’s CEO Michael Gallagher: Washington drivers will “see the tax they pay on gasoline almost double next year.”
Shift's Newsmaker Interview is with Michael Gallagher, president & CEO of the Washington Policy Center, one of the top state-based free market think tanks in the country. Gallagher returned to … [Read more...]
Travis Couture: “You can’t tax and regulate your way to prosperity”
Shift’s Newsmaker interview is with Travis Couture, a GOP State House of Representatives candidate in the 35th Legislative District (Mason County and parts of Kitsap and Thurston counties). The seat … [Read more...]
The Democrats’ Cap and Trade bill will add 46 cents to the per gallon cost of gas (and still no gas tax relief for WA drivers)
If you believe fuel prices are too high today, just wait a few more months for the impact of Governor Jay Inslee and the legislative Democrats’ expensive cap and trade policy to raise fuel prices an … [Read more...]
GOP legislative candidate Carmen Goers: The Democrats’ anti-police legislation “emboldened criminal activity to soar.”
Shift’s Newsmaker Interview is with Carmen Goers, who is a community activist, commercial lending officer, and a Republican candidate for the 47th Legislative District House seat. Goers was honored … [Read more...]
Can You Believe: Governor Inslee Vetoed the 2030 Ban on Gas-Powered Cars Because it Didn’t Go Far Enough
Democrat Representative Alex Ramel introduced a truly progressively left and nutty bill this session, House Bill 1287, which bans the sale of new gas-powered cars and trucks in Washington by 2030. The … [Read more...]
Senator Lynda Wilson “No need for more taxes!”
This week’s highly informative Newsmaker Interview is with Senator Lynda Wilson (Vancouver), the ranking Republican on the Washington State Senate’s Ways & Means Committee and the budget leader … [Read more...]
BIAW’s Greg Lane On How the Building Industry was able to Convince Governor Inslee to Lift His Ban on Private Construction.
This week’s Newsmaker Interview is with Greg Lane, the Executive Vice President of the Building Industry of Washington (BIAW), who leads the largest trade organization in the state. Lane shares with … [Read more...]
Democrat Legislators Do Not Care about the Pain Inslee’s Policies have Created
This year’s legislative session is barely a week old, yet Democrat lawmakers’ early actions on proposals designed to help those most impacted by Governor Jay Inslee’s unnecessary economic restrictions … [Read more...]