Senate needs to move forward on confirming new chief for the Consumer...
The good news is that on July 21 the landmark Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) takes over as the nation’s chief consumer bank regulator. The bad news is that because no director has been...
View ArticleHealth Insurers, Forced to Reveal Financial Data, Tamp Down Rate Increase...
Last year, a nasty fight erupted between state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and Premera Blue Cross. Kreidler was pushing a bill that would force health insurers into publicly disclosing...
View ArticleDeficit 'Super Committee' Selection Sen. Murray Proves Controversial
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has named Democrat Patty Murray of Washington to co-chair a powerful "super committee" charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall.
View ArticleForecast: State to take in $1.4 bil in fewer taxes
The state's tax revenues could come in as much as $1.4 billion lower than previously estimated, a number so big that state lawmakers will have to scramble to come up with a response to the worsening...
View ArticleWith bad revenue forecast, can special session be far behind?
With economic recovery described as “a mirage in the desert” and a projected gap between income and spending growing to $1.4 billion, state officials began setting the stage Thursday for a special...
View ArticleAmend Terrible Farm Bill
"Farm bills, like Christmas trees, are often ornamented with so much tinsel it's hard to discern how exactly they hang together. Decorate an essential Department of Agriculture program (think Food...
View ArticleCongress needs to overhaul Farm Bill to cut out Big Ag's pork
"Most Washington farmers see little of these subsidies, yet Washington taxpayers are still forced to contribute to these handouts regardless of our troublesome state budget deficit."Read more here:...
View ArticleYoung Voters Are Hurt by Outdated Registration Techniques, Not a Mystical...
"This year, the Washington Bus joined forces with the Washington Student Association and Wash PIRG to run a giant, united young voter registration drive. All told, the Youth Vote Coalition registered...
View ArticleStop Subsidizing Junk Food, Big Ag
At a time when obesity rates in Washington are at an all-time high and our country faces tough federal budget choices, current farm policy showers giant agribusinesses with taxpayer handouts that...
View ArticleStop the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms
It’s estimated that 23,000 Americans will die from superbugs — bacteria that are difficult or impossible to treat with antibiotics.
View Article12 of America's Biggest Highway Boondoggles
Given that expanding highways at great public cost doesn’t improve rush-hour traffic, there are better ways to spend this money, argue report authors Jeff Inglis of Frontier Group and John C. Olivieri...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
"Despite these successes, we need to re-double our efforts to counter new threats from superbugs that increasingly diminish the effectiveness of antibiotics. We will continue to ramp up our consumer...
View ArticleLATimes: Obama's consumer protection legacy defined by aggressive agency
[This weekend, the Los Angele Times chronicled President Obama's consumer protection record, with heavy emphasis on the history and fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):]"[...]...
View ArticleForecast: State to take in $1.4 bil in fewer taxes
The state's tax revenues could come in as much as $1.4 billion lower than previously estimated, a number so big that state lawmakers will have to scramble to come up with a response to the worsening...
View ArticleWith bad revenue forecast, can special session be far behind?
With economic recovery described as “a mirage in the desert” and a projected gap between income and spending growing to $1.4 billion, state officials began setting the stage Thursday for a special...
View ArticleAmend Terrible Farm Bill
"Farm bills, like Christmas trees, are often ornamented with so much tinsel it's hard to discern how exactly they hang together. Decorate an essential Department of Agriculture program (think Food...
View ArticleCongress needs to overhaul Farm Bill to cut out Big Ag's pork
"Most Washington farmers see little of these subsidies, yet Washington taxpayers are still forced to contribute to these handouts regardless of our troublesome state budget deficit."Read more here:...
View ArticleYoung Voters Are Hurt by Outdated Registration Techniques, Not a Mystical...
"This year, the Washington Bus joined forces with the Washington Student Association and Wash PIRG to run a giant, united young voter registration drive. All told, the Youth Vote Coalition registered...
View ArticleStop Subsidizing Junk Food, Big Ag
At a time when obesity rates in Washington are at an all-time high and our country faces tough federal budget choices, current farm policy showers giant agribusinesses with taxpayer handouts that...
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