The agreement follows a 9th Circuit ruling that the University of Washington violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights by treating his dissent as intolerable "disruption."
Olympus Spa—an all-female, nude establishment in Washington state—sued after the government said it had broken the law by refusing to accept a preoperative transgender woman. But the case is more complicated than it looks.
The Manhattan Institute’s Charles Fain Lehman overstates the evidence supporting that conclusion.
The Manhattan Institute’s Charles Fain Lehman misstates the findings of a new paper to claim he was right all along.
“Bye!” Mayor Katie Wilson says with a wave to those who want out.
The restrictions are often framed as a crime prevention measure. But the fine print points to a different motivation: adding union jobs.
Bothell police set out in search of sex trafficking and ended up shutting down five businesses for code violations.
As demand for trips has plummeted in the wake of the wage hikes, the Drivers Union is trying to limit the number of gig workers on the road.
The new tax “is probably one of the biggest changes in Washington state political history since our founding,” says one state representative.
The problem is not that the government collects too little. It's that the government spends too much.
Washington has enjoyed decades of spectacular economic growth as a direct result of the absence of state income taxes. The new measure threatens to change all that.
The appeals court ruled that administrators violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights when they investigated and threatened to punish him for constitutionally protected speech.
Increased hourly rates corresponded with lower tips and fewer orders to share between drivers, leaving gig workers no better off than they were before the law passed.
Olympia residents apparently learned from Seattle’s experience that minimum wage hikes do not improve the welfare of the worst off in society.
Trump has promised to go after illegal immigrants "committing vile and heinous acts against innocent Americans." His record consistently says otherwise.
Two firefighters were recently detained by federal law enforcement while fighting the Bear Gulch fire in Washington state. The arrests appear to be immigration-related.
One rural county expects the regulation to cost its landfill almost $4 million up front, and an additional $1 million annually.
Powerful political allies get a pass, while dissenters are crushed with massive fines. This isn’t a flaw in the system—it’s the point.
Plus: a players union failure, immigration for the World Cup, and Welcome to Wrexham.
Olympus Spa had sued on First Amendment grounds.
Schools across the country are gathering personal information and putting students' privacy at risk.
Increasing the cost of labor decreases the quantity of labor demanded.
The Yakama Nation has won a temporary restraining order preventing the City of Toppenish, Washington, from closing its new cold weather shelter.
Initiative 2117 would have struck down the state’s cap-and-trade greenhouse gas emissions program, which has been criticized for its high cost and unclear results.
Washington's Covenant Homeownership Program excludes certain applicants on the basis of race.
The city plans to ban people accused of some drug and prostitution crimes from visiting designated areas.
Some politicians and environmentalists want to tear down Snake River dams in Washington state, even though they generate tons of electricity.
You don't promote acceptance by locking people up for victimless crimes.
In California, which has a slew of renewable energy regulations, the cost of electricity increased three times faster than in the rest of the U.S.—and the state still doesn't even get reliable energy.
Aside from narrowly defined exceptions, false speech is protected by the First Amendment.
The researchers reached a similar conclusion about overdose trends in Washington, where penalties for simple possession were reduced in 2021.
Reason reported in 2021 how prisons use cheap field kits to test mail for contraband—and use the faulty, unconfirmed results to severely punish inmates.
Maria Elena Reimers has been caught in legal limbo for years.
The imminent expiration of a law that recriminalized drug possession triggered a bipartisan panic.
A preliminary injunction in Illinois may signal the demise of a long-running public policy fraud.
Once again, firearm-averse legislators chase after a restriction-averse public.
A federal lawsuit notes that the new law draws arbitrary distinctions and targets guns in common use for legal purposes.
The raw milk restoration is underway.
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