An Affordable Washington

  • Energy policies that make sense

Boehnke files bill to restrict governor’s influence on siting of energy projects

AUDIO: Boehnke bill seeks to free Washington from California vehicle emissions
A new bill seeks to separate Washington from California’s vehicle-emission standards while enhancing emissions reporting.Tracy Ellis explains.

  • End excessive taxation

AUDIO: State Senate Democrats accidentally leak new tax plans

State Senate Democrats accidentally leaked their new tax proposals. Tracy Ellis reports.

  • Sustainable budgeting/responsible spending

VIDEO: An in-depth conversation on the state budget with the lead budget writers in the Senate: The Ways and Means Chair and the ranking Republican on that committee, Chris Gildon. Gildon’s take on how we got here: “The Legislature a few years back basically put a number of bills on layaway, they said we want to pass these bills, we’re not ready to pay for it yet, but we’ll just pay for it in the future, and now it’s time to pay the bills, and there’s not sufficient money to cover it.