Press Releases

Seattle – April 21-25 is National Small Business Week 2008, with several award and informational events in Washington D.C. sponsored by the United States Small Business Administration. Washington Policy Center (WPC), through its Center for Small Business, is helping to create a state where small business creation, expansion and retention is encouraged.

Olympia – Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law today SB 6818 (Promoting transparency in state expenditures). The bill is based on Washington Policy Center’s (WPC) recommendation for the state to adopt a searchable budget website. It passed the legislature unanimously.

Seattle - Washington Policy Center and the Institute for Policy Innovation today released a new policy guide focusing on...

Olympia – Washington Policy Center and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) will release the Washington State Piglet Book: Connecting the Dots on How Government Wastes Your Money, the definitive guide for reducing waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the state government, at a press conference on Wednesday, January 30.

What: Washington State Piglet Book Release

Who: Washington...

Seattle – As part of its effort to promote transparency of public decisions, Washington Policy Center today asked that the Climate Advisory Team to extend the public comment period for their “Draft Recommendations” report. The public review period for the more than 200 pages began four days before Christmas on December 21 and concludes next week on January 10. The 21-day review period is shorter than the standard comment period...

Washington Policy Center Statewide Poll on Traffic Relief, Prop. 1, and Tolling

Seattle - Washington Policy Center has released a statewide poll that tests the importance of traffic relief both in the Puget Sound region and Washington State.

The survey makes the following key findings:

Seattle - In an open letter to Santa last week and a speech to children at Seattle's Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Westlake Center, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels last week offered a Grinch-like tone, grumbling about climate change threatening Santa, telling kids "I hope the reindeer can swim," and blaming them and their energy-sucking video games for melting Arctic ice.

As Nickels spoke, his assistants handed out stickers admonishing the crowd to "Save Santa." In the...

Seattle – Washington Policy Center recommends that lawmakers do three things during next week’s special session:

Seattle - Small business owners, legislators and policymakers from all over Washington gathered for the 2007 Statewide Small Business Conference Thursday at the SeaTac Hilton to discuss Washington state's business climate.During several breakout sessions covering issues such as access to affordable health insurance, workers' compensation, transportation, tax reform and paid family leave, business owners were able to suggest and discuss solutions to improve the climate for small businesses...