Workers in Washington will soon face a new payroll tax for a long-term-care program that only offers minimal benefits to some for the short-term, if it offers any at all.
Washington citizens expect open government, but some of the biggest deals involving enormous sums of taxpayer dollars are conducted in secret, behind closed doors.
Washington is facing a nursing shortage, but legislators have the opportunity to streamline licensing requirements and allow qualified nurses from other states to work here with few barriers.
