If voters decide to repeal WA Cares, will the state refund tax collections?
by The Center Square
The Center Square— (The Center Square) – More than nine months since Washington state workers started paying into the state-mandated long-term care insurance program, most working Washingtonians have contributed at least a few hundred dollars to the program. But if voters approve Initiative 2124 this November to repeal the program known as WA Cares, workers can opt out of having 58 cents out of every $100 earned deducted from their paychecks. WA Cares opponents argue the maximum...
KTVZ—Voters in 12 states may decide on abortion in 2024, including 3 states where abortion is confirmed on the ballot—Florida, Maryland and New York. Ballotpedia provides the most recent updates on abortion-related ballot measure certifications and potential measures.
hechingerreport.org—What convinces voters to raise taxes: child care. NEW ORLEANS — Last summer, Derrika Richard felt stuck. She didn’t have enough money to afford child care for her three youngest children, ages 1, 2 and 3. Yet the demands of caring for them on a daily basis made it impossible for Richard, who cuts and styles hair from her home, to work. One […]
MSNBC—Biden finally understands that Latino voters will decide the 2024 election. President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign has been criticized for not being responsive to the country’s estimated 36.2 million eligible Latino voters. But the campaign can take some comfort in a new Pew Research poll released last week, which showed the incumbent creeping back to the 2020 levels of Latino support that helped put him in the White House. Pew’s poll showed Biden winning 52% of Latinos to Donald Trump’s 44%, an increase from other national polls that had him with some of the lowest...