Legislative budget writers received good news on Friday when Washington State’s chief economist said the state would receive $274 million more in revenue than previously projected from now through … [Read more...]
Top 5 Democrat plays worse than Seahawks’ final pass
Too soon? We feel your pain, trust us. But, at least these Democrat policies/strategies were deflated—pun intended. Oh, and happy Groundhog Day. We suggest watching Bill Murray’s 1993 classic to … [Read more...]
Democrats’ rocky 30-year relationship with education funding
Jay Inslee and his fellow Democrat have attempted to deflect blame for the State Supreme Court’s McClearly decision on Republicans for quite some time now. But, they cannot escape the facts—and their … [Read more...]
TBT: Big labor’s 2015 agenda parallels previous years
The member unions of the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) — the state’s AFL-CIO affiliate—have released their “Shared Prosperity Agenda,” an outline of big labor’s legislative priorities in 2015. … [Read more...]
Inslee denies broken campaign promise
Jay Inslee appeared on KIRO Radio’s The Dori Monson Show following his State of the State address. Monson kicked off the interview by playing a clip of what Inslee promised on his show as a … [Read more...]
Liberal “think” tank suffers epic fail trying to refute GOP budget analysis
State Senator Andy Hill knows that this year it’s the turn of the Democrat-controlled House to write the first state budget draft, but saw the need last week to set the record straight about one thing … [Read more...]
Sen. Hill challenges Inslee’s sky-is-falling rhetoric on state budget
Key Republican state senators commented on Jay Inslee’s $39 billion budget at the Washington Policy Center’s Solutions Summit Conference this week. One of those senators included Sen. Andy Hill, who … [Read more...]
TBT: How Democrats obstructed the legislative agenda in 2014
The legislative agenda in 2015 is clear—the Legislature must pass a balanced and sustainable budget that includes education reforms and funding as required by the state Supreme Court’s McCleary … [Read more...]
2015 priorities: Education
Using the phrase Jay Inslee seemed so attached to during the 2012 gubernatorial campaign, the Legislature must “focus like a laser beam” on education this year. Circumstances, particularly the state … [Read more...]
Inslee’s education budget proposal requires tax hikes
Jay Inslee rolled out some ideas for education spending in the next budget cycle during a not-so-transparent town hall meeting last night. Here are the highlights of what can hardly be called a plan … [Read more...]
Democrats vs. Inslee
Jay Inslee and members of his own party have been getting in the ring quite a lot lately, with Inslee on the receiving end of most knockout punches. Much of the tension is driven by Inslee’s extreme … [Read more...]
TBT: Inslee’s no-new-taxes (broken) campaign promise
Candidate Jay Inslee is not the same person as Governor Jay Inslee—that’s a documented reality. Where candidate Inslee declared that he did not believe that “tax increases are the right path for the … [Read more...]