by Editor | Feb 8, 2014 | Govt Agencies, WA State DOE
February 6, 2014 by Rob McKennafor Smarter Government.org Washington’s State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) is designed to protect our natural environment, and for over three decades projects of all types have been reviewed under that law in a process that is...
by Editor | Feb 5, 2014 | Accountability, Govt Agencies
By Jessica Chasmar |The Washington Times Posted 2/5/2014 Gibson has introduced its Government Series II Les Paul guitars, made from the returned tonewood the federal government initially seized from the Nashville company in 2011. The Department of Justice had raided...
by Editor | Jan 31, 2014 | Govt Agencies, Life and Liberty, Property Rights, WA State News, War on the West, Wild Olympics, Wildlands Project
Editorial series by Pearl Rains-Hewettwww.behindmyback.org Posted 1/31/2014 Part 1: There is a time to be silent and a time to speak A time to keep and a time to throw away There is a time for every activity Now is the time for many of us to speak of a War On Wild...
by Editor | Jan 31, 2014 | Govt Agencies, WA State News, War on the West
By Kate Prengaman / Yakima Herald-Republic Posted 1/31/2014 YAKIMA, Wash. — From spotted owls to salmon, the Pacific Northwest has been ground zero for the impacts — good and bad — of the Endangered Species Act for 40 years. That’s the view of U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings,...
by Editor | Jan 31, 2014 | Govt Agencies, War on the West, Water Issues
By Charles C. W. CookeNational Review Posted 1/31/2014 San Joaquin Valley, Calif. — “We have the greatest factory anywhere on earth,” Harris Farms’ executive vice president, William Bourdeau, tells me, as our car bumps rapidly along the dirty, uneven track. “These are...
by Editor | Jan 16, 2014 | Govt Agencies, Life and Liberty, Obamacare
by Joseph Backholm Family Policy Institute of Washington Posted 1/15/2014 Olympia, WA – Monday afternoon (Jan. 13, 2014) the House Health and Wellness Committee held a hearing on HB 2148, which would require all insurance policies in Washington...