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Green shoots in the state economic forecast?
The Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council’s June presentation provides a concise overview of the official state forecast for economic recovery. Key findings include: There are … more →
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Chart of the week: This isn't your dad's recession.
Aaron Keating wrote 1 week ago: Some media outlets have taken to calling our current economic woes “The Great Recession. … more →
Why do deficit hawks suddenly appear, every time Obama is near?
Aaron Keating wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s been about eight years since we’ve heard the “deficit hawks” sing their … more →
Bending toward justice around life's corners
John Burbank wrote 2 weeks ago: When you turn 55, you start to think about bending more than you did at 35 or 45 – as in: … more →
Dead rich people who want lower taxes. Plus: School equity, undercounting unemployment, health reform answers, economy boosters, and caring for mom and dad
Aaron Keating wrote 3 weeks ago: In the battle over the federal estate tax, the latest issue of Rolling Stone drops some names: Seatt … more →
Path to health is best taken on two wheels
John Burbank wrote 3 weeks ago: Reprinted from the Everett Herald: Last Sunday my wife and three friends and I decided to bicycle up … more →
Three (economy-boosting) ways to improve Social Security
Gary Burris wrote 3 weeks ago: Publication of the Social Security Trustees’ Report always seems to bring out political axe-grinders … more →
Washington families could be first in line for benefits from the FIRST Act
Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: The FIRST Act (Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions) authorizes $1.5 billion i … more →
The tricky world of “trickle down”: How middle-class families got stuck with a higher tax tab
Gary Burris wrote 1 month ago: Some of you may remember the trickle down economic theory popularized during the Reagan presidency, … more →
Revolutionaries in ties applaud state income tax ideas
EOI wrote 1 month ago: Observations in political leadership from guest blogger Matt Loschen: There I sat, listening to a s … more →
National paid sick days legislation off and running. Plus: Mapping economic stress, looking for state revenue fixes, college brains drain to Canada, and women's retirement insecurity
Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: In the news: National legislation to guarantee American workers paid sick days was introduced today … more →
Does an income tax mean more millionaires will move in?
Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: Whenever the idea of a state income tax is brought up in Washington, you’ll often hear some va … more →
If I hung around “taxes killed my dog” legislators I’d get more ironic comments
EOI wrote 1 month ago: Guest blogger Matt Loschen explains why his blogging career is doomed to failure: an altogether unhe … more →
Oregon looks to high road economic development -- will Washington?
Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: According to the Oregonian, Oregon House Democrats are proposing to fix part of the state’s bu … more →
Chart of the week: Nearly five unemployed workers for every available job
Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: Source: Economic Policy Institute Meteor Blades puts this chart in context: The current recession h … more →
Students take over in Olympia. Plus: Michelle Obama on valuing families at work; health insurance picture worsens; and boomers' retirements go boom.
EOI wrote 1 month ago: Lawmakers move out, youth legislators move in: Ironic that the state schools many of these student … more →
State budget doesn't account for long-term costs. Plus: local and national early ed policy advances, education budget cuts, and what the health care debate is missing
Aaron Keating wrote 2 months ago: Short-term accounting misses long-term costs: State budgets and elections are biannual events, but y … more →
Paid sick days gain momentum. Plus: Equity in school funding, and taxing inherited wealth
Aaron Keating wrote 2 months ago: More momentum for paid sick days: Monday’s New York Times editorial calls for paid sick days f … more →
One nation under God, with liberty, justice and Social Security for all
Aaron Keating wrote 2 months ago: The financial meltdown shows just how risky it is to rely on the whims of the stock market for a ret … more →
Budget axe now falls on King County. Plus: Education cuts mean job losses and a possible childcare scramble; kindergarten gets a closer look; and an "educated" call for an income tax
Aaron Keating wrote 2 months ago: Budget axe now falls on King County: King County officials, who hoped the Legislature would help the … more →
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