Opinion
Monthly update from the CEO of GGHI
I hope this message finds you well, and as excited for spring as I am.
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France’s president is now the leader of the Free World
After the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump last June, I called my French, German and…
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How I’m setting WA forests on a better management path
Last month, in my first act as commissioner of public lands, I paused the sale of certain structurally…
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Taking migrant children’s lawyers is just callous
For most of this century, large numbers of unaccompanied children have been landing in the U.S. in need…
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Cuts to Medicaid would hurt WA’s children, poor
President Donald Trump said repeatedly on the campaign trail that, if elected, he wouldn’t cut Medicare, Medicaid or…
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How Trump’s trade war threatens US economic freedom
President Donald Trump’s constructive effort to bolster American economic freedom with his tax and regulatory plans is under…
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Federal power industry layoffs are ill advised
Last month, I attended a Washington PUD Association meeting in Olympia.
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Even Bannon knows cutting Medicaid is a mega-risk
Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening…
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Bill would help school bonds pass, but comes at a cost
The Washington state Constitution has been amended 112 times since it was adopted in 1889. Often, these changes…
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Fighting waste and inefficiency isn’t new, Dem outrage is
Donald Trump isn’t the first president to target government spending and inefficiency. Some 30 years ago, Bill Clinton…
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Reject Senate bill that alters initiative process
For more than a century, Washington voters have had the ability to enact laws through the initiative process.…
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President Trump becomes Putin’s toady on Ukraine
At the instructions of Donald Trump, the United States government embarrassed all Americans this week at the United…
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U.S. must address bird flu, egg supply crisis
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average American consumes approximately 279 eggs each year. That works…