Op-Ed: To stop illicit vapes, Washington needs enforcement and clarity
As Spokane County Treasurer and your State Representative, I’ve spent years working on issues involving public safety, tax compliance, and government accountability. One thing I’ve learned is that when the government fails to enforce the […]
Op-Ed: An old-fashioned policy solution
“American politicians are addicted to spending,” wrote U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL). Although Scott was writing about the federal government and the $39 trillion...
Op-Ed: The Declaration of Independence: Its debt to history and meaning
In his book, Inventing America, the liberal scholar Garry Wills argued that the Declaration owed much to previous Anglo-American history. This is correct.
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Op-Ed: New York just opted in to the Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program — Washington should be next
The East Valley and Nine Mile Falls school districts outside Spokane just learned how hard it is to ask stretched taxpayers for more —...
Op-Ed:The Mob Statute corporations are using against trial lawyers
In Texas and across the country, commercial vehicle operators have become litigation targets. Billboards along Texas freeways are crowded with 12-foot-tall scowling lawyers, arms...