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In the Washington state Senate’s tax bill, SSB 6113, a small paragraph poses devastating consequences to our communities: it would create a new tax on advertising that has until now been …
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By Ellen Hiatt / Washington Newspaper Publishers Association
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2/13/26
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Republicans still seem to be alone at the state Capitol when it comes to knowing what “affordability” truly means.
The proof is in the nearly 70 bills proposed or reintroduced by majority …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Chehalis
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2/13/26
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It’s the oldest trick in politics: sell a major policy shift by assuring voters it only targets someone else. Olympia is now running that play with the 9.9% “Millionaire Tax. ” For those of us …
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By Amber Gunn / Mountain States Policy Center
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2/12/26
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For more than a century, Washingtonians have exercised a powerful constitutional tool: the initiative process. It exists so that, when the Legislature falters, or citizens feel ignored by the …
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By Rep. Peter Abbarno / R-Chehalis
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2/11/26
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Washington has the third-best economy in the country, with tech jobs and innovation driving a significant share of this growth. Yet, the Legislature is considering proposals that threaten to …
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By Heather Andrews / Americans for Prosperity
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2/11/26
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One of the most shared photos I've ever seen on social media came from inside a Seattle Costco, and it perfectly captures what’s wrong with Olympia’s latest policy obsession.
On the shelf: a …
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By Chris Cargill / Mountain States Policy Center
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2/10/26
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For Indigenous Americans it is unthinkable, but true.
ICE officers are arresting and detaining Native Americans , not distinguishing them from Central and South American immigrants.
As a …
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By Rebecca Tallent
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2/10/26
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Although she wasn’t a Rosie the Riveter, Mazie Schlickeiser often shares the “we can do it” mantra in conversation about her first century of life.
Left alone when a friend failed to meet …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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2/9/26
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Ballots for the Centralia School District levy are due Tuesday. If yours is still sitting on the counter, please mark yes and get it submitted. If you’ve already voted, check in with neighbors, …
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2/6/26
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I was in the Chehalis Safeway on Friday, Jan. 23, doing my grocery shopping.
When I reached the checkout counter, I put my credit card in and it refused it, so I was told to try it again.
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2/6/26
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Washington has long been a high-cost state for employers, but new data show the state is increasingly losing its competitive edge in key areas.
Job growth is stalling, the business climate …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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2/6/26
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There’s a lot to keep a fellow busy these days, but on Monday evenings I treasure the time that I have protected in my schedule for my 14-year-old son and I to attend men’s group at our …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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2/6/26
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For more than a decade, Democrats in Olympia have complained our state’s tax code is overly regressive. That claim is made again, predictably, in Senate Bill 6346, the legislation they filed Feb. 3 …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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2/6/26
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Despite Washingtonians consistently and overwhelmingly rejecting income taxes and the Legislature in 2024 enacting I-2111 to prohibit state or local income taxes , some lawmakers in the Evergreen …
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By Jason Mercier / Mountain States Policy Center
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2/5/26
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Last month, I found myself in a committee hearing room in Olympia, listening to a panel of labor-union officials testify in favor of sharp restrictions on initiative signature drives. They said …
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By Sen. Jeff Wilson
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2/5/26
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I have been asked, so here goes.
You know I am a supporter of — and an advocate for — eating what I call “real food.”
I also believe the closer it is grown to where you live, the …
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Commentary by Maureen Harkcom / for The Chronicle
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2/4/26
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The Centralia School District’s Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) replacement levy election is Feb. 10. We want you to have clear information when you vote.
The proposed levy is a …
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2/4/26
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There is clear precedent for what Trump did. When Ronald Reagan acted against Muammar Gaddafi and Manuel Noriega, it was not nation-building or regime change. Both leaders had turned their …
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2/4/26
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In Lewis County, we know what it means to show up for our neighbors. We fund emergency services, maintain critical infrastructure and deliver public health and safety programs with limited resources …
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By Lewis County Commissioners Lindsey Pollock, Scott Brummer and Sean Swope
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2/2/26
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I read with sadness the news that Robert Anthony Wheeler had died on Jan. 14 at Woodland Village in Chehalis at the age of 93. He was laid to rest during a graveside service on Friday at the Napavine …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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2/2/26
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