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The courts will likely halt his work, but agency officials are likely to formalize the cuts legally.
The Conversation
Cuts to regulations and programs will leave markets unchecked and dismantle services Americans value.
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Consumers will find other ways to buy the products, hurting local businesses and state taxes.
Providers are leaving their jobs because of low pay, forcing families into difficult situations.
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Emissions warm the planet and harm our health. Federal cuts will impair efforts to combat greenhouse gases.
Commentary
While democracy is under assault, resistance is not futile. But neither is it self-activating.
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Vaccination and changes in farming are options. Firing bird flu researchers, then rehiring them, didn’t help.
Letters posted to X suggest that the U.S. attorney is more interested in intimidation than investigation.
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Trump seems more focused on what he can get out of a deal with Putin than in the fate of Ukraine.
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The bottom 20% in the U.S. owuld see $130 in tax savings, but could lose Medicaid and food stamps.
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For numerous reasons, dead people do remain on the rolls, but actual fraud is very rare.
There are always individual cases throughout government, but nothing of the scale that DOGE says it’s found.
Seeking to wait on elections until after a cease-fire is set doesn’t make Zelensky a dictator.
State legislation would allow cities to increase property tax levies by 3% each year, rather than 1%.
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Bills in Olympia would incentivize reusable, recycleable packaging and reduce the use of plastic.
Reforms underway at the state and federal level can help keep medications affordable and accessible.
As UW medical scientists, we urge Washingtonians to defend the NIH’s life-saving research funding.
