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Jeff Rhodes
Vice President for News and Information
Jeff is a native of West Virginia and a graduate of West Virginia University with a degree in journalism. He served in the U.S. Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., as a broadcast journalist and has worked at a number of newspapers in West Virginia and Washington.
Most recently, he spent 11 years as editor of the Port Orchard (Wash.) Independent, which earned the 2011 Washington Newspaper Publishers’ Association’s General Excellence Award as the top community newspaper in Washington.
Previously, he was editor of the Business Examiner newspaper in Tacoma, Wash., for seven years.
Jeff lives in Lacey; he and his wife have grown twin daughters.
It Isn’t Just Independence We Celebrate
As America this weekend marks the 245th anniversary of its independence, its residents should be ever mindful of two truisms: …
A Year Too Late, Weingarten Wants Kids in School
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten on Thursday executed a whiplash-inducing 180-degree about-face on re-opening the nation’s schools …
Judge’s Ruling Underestimates the Students’ Suffering, Overestimates UTLA’s Integrity
Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel’s decision on Thursday to deny a temporary restraining order against United Teachers of Los Angeles …
SCOTUS Asked to Invalidate Union Maneuvering In Washington’s I-1501
“What if the state of Washington passed a law that gave the reigning political party access to certain state-controlled, speech-enabling …
Have a wonderful Christmas — then let’s get back to work
Christmas is a time of joy, hope, faith, tradition and family — all the things liberals hate. Is it any wonder the emboldened left wants so badly to exploit a pandemic and impose upon you a holiday stripped of its wonder?
Even In 2020, There Is Much to Be Thankful For
Was there ever a year during which less happened to be thankful for than 2020? Even 1941, the year the U.S. entered World War II wasn’t spoiled until Dec. 7.
Dissenting Judge in Boardman Lawsuit Had It Exactly Right
In Boardman v. Inslee, a split panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week said it violated neither the law nor the Constitution for a public-sector union to deceive voters and abuse Washington’s initiative process in order to achieve what it couldn’t in litigation or through the Legislature.
Lies, Intimidation Triumph Over Transparency in Whatcom County
The residents of Whatcom County (Wash.) on Oct. 13 were denied a common-sense government transparency reform when county commissioners there succumbed to a full-court press from union operatives more interested in spinning wild conspiracy theories than relying on fact or reason.
Freedom Foundation Helps Foil Seattle’s Income Tax Scheme
The Washington State Supreme Court on Friday respected almost a century of case law — and the repeatedly expressed will of state residents — by slapping down the city of Seattle’s brazenly unconstitutional income tax proposal.
Seattle Times, Spokesman-Review Chronicle Freedom Foundation’s Outreach to Teachers
Newspapers in Washington’s two largest cities published features during January about the Freedom Foundation’s latest outreach effort to the state’s teachers.
