4+ hour, 51+ min ago  (297+ words) The Olympia City Council’s recent decision to launch a multi-phase research effort into higher minimum wages and worker protections is a clear attempt to circumvent the will of voters who already rejected these exact policies. This is not neutral research....

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (309+ words) “Eric Zimmerman is a remarkable mind and an incredible resource for our state,” praised Steven Hatting, President and CEO of WPC. “His collaborative, data-centric approach to public policy intellectually frees him to pursue evidence wherever it leads for solutions and…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (302+ words) Another small business falls to Seattle’s failed crime policies Washington Policy Center Another small business falls to Seattle’s failed crime policies The closure of Aluel Cellars’ Capitol Hill tasting room is more than the loss of Seattle’s only winery in…...

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (236+ words) Two years after Seattle implemented its landmark app-based worker minimum payment ordinance, better known as the “PayUp” law, the results are in, and they confirm what we at the Washington Policy Center warned from the beginning. This policy, which forces…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (278+ words) Proponents claim the initiative will make the rental market fairer, despite having passed another tenant rights initiative in 2023. Since the original initiative passed, rents have continued to rise in Tacoma showing clearly that the initiative didn’t help reduce rents and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (616+ words) Retired Washington firefighters and police officers are suing the state to stop one of the most dangerous pension raids in American history. They should win, and the courts should not have to work hard to get there. LEOFF 1 is not…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (615+ words) So here is the honest question for Mayor Wilson, Sen. Pedersen, Rep. Fitzgibbon, and every lawmaker who voted for higher taxes: What evidence would actually convince you that you were wrong? We already have a mountain of evidence to the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (227+ words) This treatment of payroll taxes aligns with the working assumption of nearly every federal scorekeeper. The Congressional Budget Office, in its methodology for distributing federal taxes across households, states that "CBO also allocates the employer's share of payroll taxes to…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (347+ words) The impact will be negligible, union representatives said. It will make strikes less likely, at least one lawmaker tried to persuade his colleagues. This is necessary for people who walk off the job and have no other economic support, striking…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (363+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court just sent a clear message to California—and to every state with similar policies, including Washington: you cannot hide critical information from parents in the name of student "privacy." This ruling matters here in Washington—right now…...