From the Campaign Trail
Here’s the latest from the campaign trail and our work across the district. Follow along for regular updates on what we’re hearing, doing, and fighting for across the 16th!
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Washington Must Prepare for Budget Volatility
Washington Must Prepare for New Era of Budget Volatility I appreciate Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat as something rare in the modern media landscape: an equal-opportunity gadfly who goes after the weak spots on…
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Why It Really Is (Almost) All About Costs
Why It Really Is (Almost) All About Costs A comment on the bottom of a recent Seattle Times story about two restaurant closures got to a point I’ve been thinking about a lot lately:…
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What Modern Youth Sports Can Tell Us About America
What Modern Youth Sports Can Tell Us About America The photo on this post came to me in the daily “photos from this date” email I get from one of the cloud storage providers.…
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Each Generation’s Duty to the Next
Each Generation’s Duty to the Next One odd feature of property taxes is that homeowners pay based on the assessed value of their home – not on how much of that value they own.…
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Improving Access, Lowering Costs: Washington Shouldn’t Be Blocking More Healthcare Supply
Improving Access, Lowering Costs: Washington Shouldn’t Be Blocking More Healthcare Supply The most recent episode of the Tradeoffs healthcare podcast covered “certificate of need” laws, which require providers to prove to state regulators that…
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Meeting the Youth Mental Health Need in Rural Washington
Meeting the Youth Mental Health Need in Rural Washington One of the things parents and educators have seen the last ten years is how many young people are struggling with issues related to mental…