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California wildfires are the result of EPA policy to ‘let nature take its course’ | Don Brunell

Once again, dozens of wildfires are raging across California, reducing entire forests to cinders and displacing thousands of…

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DON BRUNELL: Never forget that free enterprise is what keeps America ticking

Just before my father died, I asked him why he kept repeating stories about his childhood and his…

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Lengthy legislation hides what’s actually in it | Don Brunell

During the next few years, your trusty incandescent light bulbs will become illegal. Didn’t know that?

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The danger in selling America’s debt to China is the future

China is in the midst of a global strategy to move its products to market and obtain the…

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DON BRUNELL: To get a glimpse of future federal health care, look at Massachusetts

If you want a glimpse of what health care will look like under Obamacare, look at what is…

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Public employee pensions a ticking time bomb for Washington state | Don Brunell

Most people know our $13 trillion national debt is endangering America’s credit rating and pushing the United States…

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DON BRUNELL: I-1082 is a relief valve for employers

Frustrated by rising workers’ compensation premiums and a political stalemate in Olympia, the people who provide the jobs…

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DON BRUNELL: Income tax would hurt Washington entrepreneurs

Each year, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) publishes a list of the best to worst…

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BRUNELL: House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler’s civility will be missed in state capitol

Longtime Washington lawmaker Sid Snyder had a sense of humor, dignity and respect that permeated the halls of…

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BRUNELL: Hydropower is key to Washington’s economic future and well being

Ever since the generators at the Grand Coulee Dam started spinning in 1942, low-cost hydropower has been the…

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BRUNELL: The two Washingtons and the disconnect

Business owners across our state don’t understand why elected officials are raising taxes and adding costs when employers…

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BRUNELL: State must deal with threat from Idaho

When Idaho Gov. Butch Otter published his “Love Letter to Our Neighbors,” he touched off a political firestorm…

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‘Start over’ is not code for stonewalling health-care reform

President Obama and Democrats in Congress say that starting over on health-care reform is akin to stonewalling.