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Back to SearchWeekend Edition | Fiscal Fallout: Long-Term Care Spending Driver of Washington DSHS Swelling Budget
Episode 341
(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases o…
Published on 1 month ago
Olympia Council Sends $20 Minimum Wage, Workers’ Bill of Rights to Nov. Vote
Episode 340
(The Center Square) – The Olympia City Council on Tuesday night rejected a proposal to adopt a $20 minimum wage as part of a Workers' Bill of Rights initiative. The council voted 4-3 against passing …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
WSDOT Begins $203M Revive I-5 Project; Lane Closures Underway
Episode 339
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Department of Transportation’s $203 million project to repair a major section of Interstate 5 is underway with northbound traffic limited to two lanes for t…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Fiscal Fallout: Long-Term Care Spending Driver of Washington Dshs Swelling Budget
Episode 338
(The Center Square) – The Washington state Department of Social and Health Services' spending since 2015 has nearly tripled from $9 billion to $25.4 billion, a 182.22% increase heavily driven by long…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Weekend Edition | Fiscal Fallout: Washington State Government Spending Surges 116% Since 2015
Episode 337
(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases o…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Sen. Braun Urges Ferguson to Get Past Fearmongering on ‘Big Beautiful Bill'
Episode 336
(The Center Square) – Six months after Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson took office with a moderate-sounding tone that encouraged many Republicans, state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, says Ferguson…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Spokane Conservatives Question Accuracy of 2025 Homelessness Count
Episode 335
(The Center Square) – Despite recording the second consecutive decline in homelessness since 2016, the Spokane City Council’s conservative minority questioned that data on Monday – one of the two mem…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Fiscal fallout: Washington state government spending surges 116% since 2015
Episode 334
(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases o…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Weekend Edition | Committee Distances From Drug Use Work Group’s ‘Buyers Club’ Suggestion
Episode 333
(The Center Square) – Washington’s Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee, or SURSAC, is distancing itself from recent recommendations made by a subset work group that included having the…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
‘Most Expensive Market’: Doordash to Raise Fees in Seattle Due to City Regulations
Episode 333
(The Center Square) – DoorDash is raising its service fees in Seattle – again – due to the city’s laws for app-based workers. The on-demand delivery and pickup services company says the hikes are nec…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago