The Everett Herald – New Councilman Should Recuse Himself
JAMI LUND – All who serve in public office bring their own experience, biases and agendas. Our state is built on the populist principle of citizen leaders and the belief that their diverse interests add value to the decision making process. Nelson, however, brings a set of interests that put the city in a real predicament, and which potentially harm the interests of citizens.
NFIB – New Research Shows The State’s Initiative Might Not Have Achieved Its Goals.
Washington’s current minimum wage of $9.47 an hour, the highest state minimum wage in the country, is linked to a 1998 initiative that indexed the minimum wage to inflation for the first time in the U.S., according to a recent op-ed in the Everett, Washington Herald.
The Olympian – Home Care Workers Deserve to Retire
But that could be a problem for SEIU, which is being sued by the Freedom Foundation, a libertarian think tank that wants to ensure that home care workers can opt out of paying union dues or related fees under terms of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2014.
