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Happy? New Year, Washington. Here are the new ways the Legislature made your life more difficult (and expensive).

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As always on January 1, numerous new laws take effect in our state. Here is what the DemocRats in Olympia have done this time. This story is copied in its entirety from the web site of KOMO in Seattle. SEATTLE — With the arrival of 2025 comes a flurry of new laws taking effect. These are …

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When I was 71, it was a Very Bad Year. The Year of “Closed” and “Canceled”

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...a year of record-low unemployment, and job opportunities for ex-prisoners and black and other minority workers...until it wasn't.  A year of thriving small businesses, after-work drinks at our favorite Chinese restaurant, and ample overtime work due to a full order book at my aerospace job...until it wasn't.  Quite quickly, 2020 turned into the Annus Horribilis. …

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