2009 May – Washington Policy Watch

Gregoire gets Paul Bunyan on early learning

May 26, 2009 By Hannah Lidman Leave a Comment

Enough with the stale scalpel and hatchet metaphors. Governor Gregoire brought out the heavy machinery last week when she axed early learning out of this year’s basic education reform bill. Those of us who were waiting in the wings of the Governor’s office ready to celebrate the historic inclusion of early learning in basic education [...]

Filed Under: Early Learning, Education Tagged With: children, family, income, inequality, kindergarten, middle class, pre-kindergarten, preschool, public policy, school, washington state

Revolutionaries in ties applaud state income tax ideas

May 19, 2009 By EOI Leave a Comment

Observations in political leadership from guest blogger Matt Loschen: There I sat, listening to a speech that some would argue only gets delivered by radicals or rubes. He said that in some ways we followed Rahm Emanuel’s advice and “didn’t let the crisis go to waste” this session (when it came to transportation). But he [...]

Filed Under: Early Learning, Education, Health Care, State Economy, Tax & Budget Tagged With: budget, economy, health, Health Care, middle class, public policy, revenue, school, taxes, washington state

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

May 18, 2009 By Aaron Keating Leave a Comment

In the news: National legislation to guarantee American workers paid sick days was introduced today by Congressional Democrats. The Associated Press has a spiffy — and let’s face it, a little bit depressing — interactive map of economic stress based on foreclosure, bankruptcy and unemployment data for every county in the U.S. Schumdget continues its [...]

Filed Under: Education, Paid Sick Days, Retirement Security, State Economy, Tax & Budget, Work & Family Tagged With: budget, california, deficit, economy, family, pension, politics, public policy, retirement, revenue, social security, taxes, united states, washington state, women, work

Does an income tax mean more millionaires will move in?

May 18, 2009 By Aaron Keating Leave a Comment

Whenever the idea of a state income tax is brought up in Washington, you’ll often hear some variation on this theme: “Watch out, the rich will leave if you raise taxes!” The latest iteration is Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal. The authors cite New Jersey, among other states, as [...]

Filed Under: Health Care, State Economy, Tax & Budget Tagged With: budget, business, economy, health, Health Care, income, inequality, middle class, ohio, poverty, public policy, revenue, school, taxes, united states, washington state

Gregoire gets Paul Bunyan on early learning

Revolutionaries in ties applaud state income tax ideas

Does an income tax mean more millionaires will move in?

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