Solutions Summit 2013 Online Folder

 

BREAKFAST

SPEAKER: Bob Moore

EDUCATION - Focus on Washington’s New Charter Schools

Achievement Index

WPC's Education Reform Plan: Eight Practical Ways to Improve Schools

How to Open a Charter School in Washington State

Governor Gregoire's Education Legacy

Why Parents and Teachers Love Charter Schools

A Review of Digital and Online Learning in Private Schools (Policy Brief)

Review of Digital Learning in Private Schools and Public Charter Schools (Policy Notes)

 

ENVIRONMENT/GROWTH - Consequences of Trendy Environmentalism and the Promise of Free-Market Solutions

Think Small on Nuclear Power, Whatever the Market Decides amd Don't Spend a Dollar to Save a Dime

 

GOVERNMENT REFORM - Opportunities for Sustainable Budgeting and Open Government

SESSION SPEAKER: Sen. Michael Baumgartner

SESSION SPEAKER: Len Gilroy

DEBT SCORECARD 2012

Review of 2013-15 Operating Budget Passed by Legislature

SB 5851: Creating a Defined-contribution Retirement Plan Option for Public Employees

Opening the doors to Olympia with remote testimony

Aquatics Center could Leave Local Taxpayers Underwater

 

HEALTH CARE - Affordable Care Act - The Road Ahead and Impact on Washington State

SESSION SPEAKER: Tom Miller (Pasco)

SESSION SPEAKER: Tom Miller (Bellevue)

2013 Washington Policy Center Health Care Conference

Obamacare Turns Three, Remains Unpopular

Is being put on Medicaid better than having no insurance

The Softening: Declining Support for the Affordable Care Act

National Healthcare Reform and the New Medicaid

Healthcare Lawsuit Reform in Washington State

 

SMALL BUSINESS - Is Right to Work Right for Washington State?

SESSION SPEAKER: Dr. Eric Fruits

SESSION SPEAKER: Scott Hamilton

Where Do We Go from Here? Improving Washington's Small Business Climate

Focus on Small Business: Job Creators and Job Killers

Business Tax Should Be Simplified to Flat Rate

Worker Protection Bill Would Ban Workplace Discrimination and Promote Social Justice

How Everyone Jumped Off 'I'm for Jobs' Bandwagon

 

TRANSPORTATION - Importance of Infrastructure and Making Congestion Relief a Top Priority

SESSION: Introduction

SESSION SPEAKER: Dr. Ron Utt

A Roadmap for Mobility: Recommendations On a Responsible Transportation Funding Plan for Washington State

Washington Policy Center’s Recommendations on a Transportation Tax Package

The Problems with Tolling the I-90 Bridge

Don't Pour State Taxes into Local Transit

What ails Metro isn't revenue - it's spending

Five Principles of Responsible Transportation Policy

 

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

Do you eat 18 pounds of fish per month?

Spokane Voters Adopt Higher Threshold for Tax Increases

Speaker Bios: Solutions Summit in Bellevue

Speaker Bios: Solutions Summit in Pasco