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Can Car Dealers Breathe Easy?
Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, said Wednesday during a meeting with reporters that opposition runs strong within her caucus to a Senate proposal that would end a sales-tax credit for trade-ins. It's a major issue for car dealers in the state of Washington, who see the 26-year-old trade-in credit as an important incentive for an otherwise-struggling industry. Several members raised objections when Democratic senators met behind closed doors, she said. And when the final budget emerges, she said, "I don't think that will be in there." But that leaves a $92 million gap in the Senate Democratic spending plan. How will they fill it? "I don't know," she said.
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By: Erik Smith | Washington State Wire | Sept. 1, 2010
Looks like thirst has no season. The soda-pop industry continues to pour money into its grocery tax-rollback campaign, Initiative 1107. Latest PDC reports show another $4.2 million for the effort, the biggest-spending single initiative campaign in state history.
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| By: Melvin G. Ashton | Washington State Wire | Sept. 2, 2010 |
It’s back to school time, and as a parent of children in our public school system, I’m shocked and dismayed by the “Not the WASL” test scores just released by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. And the most disturbing thing is not the performance of our kids, but the behavior and beliefs of the ‘adults’ running the show.
So, pop quiz. Don’t worry, it’s open book, and you can find a...
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| By: Jim Boldt | Washington State Wire | Aug. 25, 2010 |
1. The head of the Port of Seattle gave us all a moment of relief when he announced he would not accept a raise this year. He went home, sat down at the table and realized he could get by with his meager $334,000 a year. That of course is just the salary, the monthly nut. I feel better knowing he won't have to miss, what? A trip to Asia? No, the port sends him there for free. Maybe a new Lexus or ...
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| By: Melvin G. Ashton | Washington State Wire | Aug. 25, 2010 |
We are all cognitive misers – that means our brains are lazy. We like things to follow a pattern, and we don’t like to spend time reviewing the data looking for the exception. So when we develop a ‘truth’, we tend to stick with it even when the data doesn’t support our lazy view of the world.
In reading the comments on the latest Seattle Times “Truth Needle” article, plenty of people mad...
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| By: Melvin G. Ashton | Washington State Wire | Aug. 24, 2010 |
O.K., boys and girls, what did we learn from this year’s primary election? I suppose that literally we learned who came in first, second, and third in a few political races, but that’s not really worth much in the long run. No, I mean to ask the question in the way a businessperson asks about lessons learned from a particular project or venture, the ultimate aim being to make things better next ...
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Senate Candidate Matt Richardson Resigned Teaching Job -- Moved to Different District
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And Incumbent Sen. Jean Berkey Finishes 122 Votes Out of the Running
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Says No Money for Enforcement if Booze Initiatives Pass -- But it Isn't True
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Please, Let it Come to Olympia
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| By: Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Rasmussen Gives Republican Challenger the Lead Over U.S. Sen. Murray
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| By: Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Old Blog Posts Now Being Deleted -- Republican Challenger to Dawn Morrell Once Opined That the Girl Scouts Welcome Lesbians and Have Become a Pro-Abortion Feminist Training Corps
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First of Many Cuts to be Ordered by Gregoire Draws Fire -- Just Wait for the Rest!
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A Trial Lawyer's Familiar Attempt to Bring Down Republican Senate Candidate Dino Rossi.
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Set Expectations Too High -- Doesn't Seem to Inspire Anyone Today
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Almost half of Americans took at least one prescription drug per month in 2008, an increase of 10 percent over the past decade, a U.S. study found.
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An estimated 7.3 million children were uninsured on an average day in 2008 and 65 percent of them were eligible for Medicaid of CHIP coverage.
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The Washington Health Program enrolled its 1,200th member last week, less than two months after the Health Care Authority rolled out the new non-subsidized health coverage program for Washington residents.
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Johnson & Johnson promoted their drug to treat symptoms for other than those approved by federal regulators. As a result, Medicaid and other government health care programs paid millions more for Topamax prescriptions than they should have.
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Organic produce has more nutrients than conventionally grown, according to a Washington State University study published Wednesday.
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Should U.S. Senator Wyden prove successful -- both in pushing the Federal waiver start date to 2014 and in scrapping the individual mandate -- it stands to reason that other states will soon follow.
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Victims of foodborne illness and their family members are set to descend on the Capitol next week to lobby Senate offices to pass a stalled food safety bill.
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Workers nationwide, on average, are paying nearly $4,000 a year toward the cost of family coverage. That's a hefty 14%, or $482, more for health insurance in 2010 than in 2009, according to a Kaiser survey released on Thursday.
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What’s that mean for the state? About $60 million in savings over two years, according to the Health Care Authority.
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The Obama administration announced Tuesday that nearly 2,000 businesses, labor unions and local governments have qualified for federal subsidies to offset the cost of providing their retirees and dependents with medical insurance, another early benefit of the new healthcare law.
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Over a 20-year period, mortality rates were highest for those who were not current drinkers, regardless of whether they used to be alcoholics, second highest for heavy drinkers and lowest for moderate drinkers.
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“Robotripping,” as it is known among abusers, involves taking more than 25 times the recommended dosage of a cold medicine. The problem is most often associated with teenagers.
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