Beautiful State, Broken Government: Why are families fleeing Washington?
More than 222,000 taxpayers and their families left the state of Washington between 2021–2022, amounting to a net loss of nearly 19,000 taxpayers, accounting for the influx of new families during that same period. This exodus trend represents a loss of more than $1.6 billion in taxable income, according to recently released IRS data. Washington’s […]
An Historic Accomplishment: Natural gas initiative makes it on the ballot
Last week, Let’s Go Washington and the Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) successfully submitted the final round of petitions in support of I-2066, which would protect natural gas as an energy choice. It was a political earthquake here in the Evergreen State: 546,002 signatures collected in only 50 days. This is an historic accomplishment, […]
Should we protect energy choice? Initiative 2066 aims to stop the natural gas ban
Should government regulate our appliances, or should it be hands off? Families can be attacked economically and one such attack is happening in Washington State, say those concerned about the natural gas ban. They ask: Should a family be forced to spend up to $40,000 to convert away from natural gas? How about adding up […]
Session-Ending Review • April 2, 2024
Previous slide Next slide Hello Defender! Welcome to our annual Session-Ending Review of legislation that FPIW covered during the recent 60-day Session in Olympia. We typically cover ‘The Good’, ‘The Bad’, and ‘The Ugly’; however, this year two new categories are warranted – ‘The Miraculous’ and ‘The Deserve to be Voted Out of Office’ categories. […]
Legislative Update • March 6, 2024
Previous slide Next slide Hello Defender! Thank you to all who plan to follow our legislative updates during this last week of Session. We have recently completed installation of a new software program that has enabled us to provide you with an improved model when interacting with the legislative process. You will see ongoing changes […]
Legislative Update • March 5, 2024
Previous slide Next slide Hello Defender! Thank you to all who plan to follow our legislative updates during this last week of Session. We have recently completed installation of a new software program that has enabled us to provide you with an improved model when interacting with the legislative process. You will see ongoing changes […]
Legislative Update • February 23, 2024
Previous slide Next slide Hello Defender! As noted last week, we are in the midst of making some significant changes to our weekly Legislative Updates. We hope the modifications in our formatting will make it easier for you to interact with the political process here in Olympia. We have less than two weeks to Sine […]
Legislative Update • February 19, 2024
.. Previous slide Next slide Hello Defender! As noted last week, we are in the midst of making some significant changes to our weekly Legislative Updates. We hope the modifications in our formatting will make it easier for you to interact with the political process here in Olympia. We have less than three weeks to […]