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Op-Ed: What Right-Wing Backlash?

Op-Ed: What Right-Wing Backlash?

By Robert Cruickshank • on April 1, 2010

Are Washington Democrats facing a voter backlash this November? If all you consider is the conventional wisdom emerging from Olympia in recent weeks, the

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Op-Ed: Legislature Should Debate Education Funding, Avoid Race to Top Pressure to Revisit Charter Schools

Op-Ed: Legislature Should Debate Education Funding, Avoid Race to Top Pressure to Revisit Charter Schools

By Robert Cruickshank • on March 10, 2010

Although Washington State voters have rejected charter schools on three different occasions, the issue will return to the state’s political agenda

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After Oregon: Voters In West Clearly Support New Taxes

After Oregon: Voters In West Clearly Support New Taxes

By Robert Cruickshank • on February 10, 2010

The Olympia Newswire’s “After Oregon” op-ed series on the implications

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West Coast Statehouse: Don’t Give Universities Tuition Authority

West Coast Statehouse: Don’t Give Universities Tuition Authority

By Robert Cruickshank • on January 24, 2010

After several years of discussion, 2010 might be the year that the legislature finally decides to give its four-year colleges the ability to set its own

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View From California: Why Washington State Should Repeal I-960

View From California: Why Washington State Should Repeal I-960

By Robert Cruickshank • on January 14, 2010

If we’ve learned anything from both California and the U.S. Senate in 2009, it’s that super-majority rules undermine democracy and make it

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