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2013 Annual Dinner Events

Learn more about WPC's exciting 2013 Annual Dinner lineup! Our simulcast Dinner event, to be held on September 5th, is the largest policy gala of its kind in the Northwest, regularly attracting over 1,600 people across the state.

Click the event links below to learn more.

2013 Eastern Washington Health Care Lunch

April 22, 2013 in Events
Date: 
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Time: 
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Place: 
The Davenport Hotel, Grand Pennington Ballroom
10 S. Post Street
Spokane, Washington
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Join Washington Policy Center in Spokane on June 26th for its annual Eastern Washington Health Care Lunch, featuring Avik Roy, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, writer for Forbes and former health care policy adviser to Mitt Romney; Dr. Karen Summar, health care adviser to the U.S.

Legislature racing past participation by public

April 18, 2013 in In the News
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)
Source: 
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)
Date: 
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Link: 
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/18/editorial-legislature-racing-past-participation/

2013 Annual Dinner (Eastern Washington)

March 21, 2013 in Events
Date: 
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Time: 
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Place: 
Spokane Convention Center
334 W. Spokane Falls Boulevard
Spokane, Washington
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Washington Policy Center is pleased to announce its exciting Annual Dinner events in Eastern Washington!

Join us September 5th in Spokane. Register today!

Eastern Washington gets extra attention from Washington Policy Center

March 15, 2013 in In the News
Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
Source: 
Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
Date: 
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Link: 
http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/2013/03/eastern-washington-gets-extra-attention-from-washington-policy-center/

The Tax Sharks Begin To Circle, and Spokane and Pierce County Voters Saw It Coming

February 27, 2013 in Blog

When city of Spokane and Pierce County voters recently approved a supermajority requirement to raise local taxes, supporters contended one of the main reasons was to prevent local tax increases that would be promoted by state officials.

Achievement Index Shows Mixed Results for Spokane-area Schools

Feb. 15, 2013 in Press releases
February 15, 2013

Statewide results show 34% of Washington’s public schools are low performing

Voters in Spokane want meaningful tax limitation

February 1, 2013 in Blog

Proposition 2 may be a controversial idea to the politicians and special interest groups who want to increase taxes, but it is not a controversial idea to the people of the Spokane area. We have approved the state-level requirement five times already.

Voters have a long history of strongly supporting a higher threshold to increase the financial burden public officials can place on citizens. Perhaps that is why opponents of Proposition 2 are so angry.