Gregoire gets Paul Bunyan on early learning

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 [...]

Revolutionaries in ties applaud state income tax ideas

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Does an income tax mean more millionaires will move in?

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 [...]

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