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What happened on May 26, 2026, is horrible.
Eleven people died in Longview.
That sentence should stop all of us for a moment. Eleven workers left for work and never came home after a …
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6/19/26
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The abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass is known for many things, but perhaps among the most significant is his views on education’s relationship to slavery. Douglass himself was born into …
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Commentary by Rodney D. Coates / For The Washington State Standard
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6/19/26
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On June 5, the director of Gov. Bob Ferguson's Office of Financial Management (OFM) sent every state agency a letter telling them to brace for what she called "the most challenging budget any of us …
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By Ryan Frost / Washington Policy Center
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6/15/26
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Ten years ago, when AWB’s first Manufacturing Week bus tour crossed the state, we had many goals, such as highlighting the great jobs available in our state’s modern manufacturing sector and …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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6/10/26
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Timothy was dead for a week in Seattle’s Discovery Park, lying halfway inside the door of his tent, when an officer investigating rumors of “a body in the woods” finally found him on March 31. …
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By Marsha Michaelis / Discovery Institute
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6/9/26
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I understand why Gov. Bob Ferguson would lash out at Washington Republican Party Chairman Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen.
The Grays Harbor County lawmaker has made it his job to call out Ferguson …
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By Chad Taylor
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6/5/26
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This spring, communities across the country will gather to celebrate a familiar milestone.
Caps and gowns, diplomas, graduation parties, proud parents taking photographs and trying, …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier
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6/5/26
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Late last month, thousands of retired Washington police officers and firefighters were forced to file a federal class-action lawsuit against their own state government to block a historic $4 billion …
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By Sen. Jim McCune
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5/29/26
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Each year in Washington, wildfire season arrives with a familiar sense of unease.
The smoke that settles into our valleys, the images of aircraft and engines converging on distant ridgelines, …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier
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5/29/26
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I heard from one of my old Navy shipmates that the USS Juneau (LPD-10) will be sunk as a SINKEX target this summer. The USS Dubuque (LPD-8) went down the same way back in 2024. Those are the two …
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By Rob Richards
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5/27/26
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I start each workday by reviewing the latest economic and government reports for Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming. It doesn’t take long to see a trend. Those states that prioritize fiscal …
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By Jason Mercier / Mountain States Policy Center
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5/22/26
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For 15 years, Washington has lived with an uncomfortable truth: we rank dead last in the nation for police staffing per capita. And instead of reversing course, the Legislature continues to pass laws …
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By Jared Nieuwenhuis / Councilmember, City of Bellevue
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5/22/26
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Every successful community has something that is difficult to quantify but easy to feel: a sense of place.
You know it when you experience it.
Some communities feel memorable, distinct and …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier
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5/22/26
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When former Gov. Christine Gregoire starts sounding the alarm about Washington state government, Olympia should pay attention.
Gregoire is not a conservative activist. She is not …
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By Chris Cargill / Mountain States Policy Center
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5/15/26
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Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the City Nation Place Americas Conference in Vancouver, B.C., alongside regional partners from across Thurston County.
I attended as a board member of …
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By Wayne Fournier
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5/13/26
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It has been a privilege to have this space week after week to alert readers about important public-policy issues facing our beautiful state and how the Republican members of our state Senate are …
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By. Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/8/26
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Back in February, when the Association of Washington Business released a survey showing that nearly one in five Washington employers were looking to move business to another state — and almost half …
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By Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business
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5/6/26
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There is a service window in the Thurston County Courthouse that has been dark since Jan. 20. The phones behind it go unanswered. The counter is closed.
Linda Myhre Enlow, our county clerk, did …
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By Rob Richards
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5/5/26
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John Braun commentary: Shine light on governor’s court appointments by requiring Senate confirmation
If the Democrats’ new income tax ends up before the state Supreme Court, as many expect, the case will bring a heightened level of public interest in the justices themselves.
Taxpayers will …
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By Sen. John Braun
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5/1/26
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As April comes to a close and May arrives, homeowners are feeling the financial hit of scraping together enough money to pay property taxes.
Despite a reported “1% cap” on property tax …
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By Rep. John Ley
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5/1/26
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