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Opinion: Workers need their wages more than the state’s paid-leave program does

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|Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026

Opinion: Workers need their wages more than the state’s paid-leave program does

Washington's paid-leave payroll tax stands at 1.13% and is projected to hit its 1.2% cap by 2027, with so ...

Washington's paid-leave payroll tax stands at 1.13% and is projected to hit its 1.2% cap by 2027, with some lawmakers eyeing a 2% rate. ...

Thursday, August 20, 2026
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Opinion: ACA enrollment drops should force honest conversations about healthcare costs

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|Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Opinion: ACA enrollment drops should force honest conversations about healthcare costs

Washington's ACA enrollment fell nearly 13%, but disenrolled does not necessarily mean uninsured. ...

Washington's ACA enrollment fell nearly 13%, but disenrolled does not necessarily mean uninsured. ...

Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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Opinion: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes

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|Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Opinion: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes

Obamacare's Medicare payroll tax ensnared 7 million filers by 2022, up from 2.8 million in 2013. ...

Obamacare's Medicare payroll tax ensnared 7 million filers by 2022, up from 2.8 million in 2013. ...

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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Letter: The Great Reversal – Cortes cuts local taxes, then loads schools and hospitals with unfunded state mandates

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|Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Letter: The Great Reversal – Cortes cuts local taxes, then loads schools and hospitals with unfunded state mandates

Shauna Walters argues that Sen. Adrian Cortes has reversed his local anti-tax record by supporting state ...

Shauna Walters argues that Sen. Adrian Cortes has reversed his local anti-tax record by supporting state mandates and new taxes in Olympia. ...

Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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Opinion: More taxes sadly the Washington way

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|Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Opinion: More taxes sadly the Washington way

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that Washington lawmakers continue to turn to new taxes instead of addressin ...

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that Washington lawmakers continue to turn to new taxes instead of addressing state spending priorities, particularly in health care policy. ...

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Opinion: WA Cares – An important detail for future family caregivers is still unclear

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|Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Opinion: WA Cares – An important detail for future family caregivers is still unclear

Elizabeth New (Hovde) of Washington Policy Center raises concerns about WA Cares and the lack of clarity ...

Elizabeth New (Hovde) of Washington Policy Center raises concerns about WA Cares and the lack of clarity on whether family caregivers will face union fees under the program’s design. ...

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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Opinion: WA Cares needs all the help it can get

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|Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Opinion: WA Cares needs all the help it can get

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that SJR 8201 offers the WA Cares Fund a chance at stability by allowing div ...

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that SJR 8201 offers the WA Cares Fund a chance at stability by allowing diversified investments, helping protect taxpayers from future payroll tax increases. ...

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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POLL: Do you think Republicans or Democrats are more responsible for the current government shutdown?

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|Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025

POLL: Do you think Republicans or Democrats are more responsible for the current government shutdown?

Our poll asks who’s more responsible for the shutdown: Republicans, Democrats, both equally, or neither. ...

Our poll asks who’s more responsible for the shutdown: Republicans, Democrats, both equally, or neither. ...

Thursday, October 2, 2025
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‘I don’t have anything to negotiate:’ Speaker Johnson holds firm on GOP shutdown strategy

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|Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025

‘I don’t have anything to negotiate:’ Speaker Johnson holds firm on GOP shutdown strategy

House Speaker Mike Johnson defends a seven-week funding bill and faults Democrats over the shutdown, whil ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson defends a seven-week funding bill and faults Democrats over the shutdown, while Democrats press to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies now. ...

Thursday, October 2, 2025
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Opinion: WAGOP chair sets the record straight on Dems’ ‘hyperbolic rhetoric’ on Medicaid Program

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|Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Opinion: WAGOP chair sets the record straight on Dems’ ‘hyperbolic rhetoric’ on Medicaid Program

WAGOP Chair Jim Walsh says reforms in the federal Medicaid program are overdue and could improve care acc ...

WAGOP Chair Jim Walsh says reforms in the federal Medicaid program are overdue and could improve care access in underserved areas, despite partisan misinformation. ...

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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