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		<title>Washington State progressives jeopardize public health to fill $12 billion budget hole</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2025/04/washington-state-progressives-jeopardize-public-health-to-fill-12-billion-budget-hole/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We previously covered an effort by Washington State progressives to ban nicotine flavors and raise taxes on nicotine pouches like...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: The Flawed Logic of Washington’s Nicotine Tax</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2025/04/op-ed-good-intentions-bad-outcomes-the-flawed-logic-of-washingtons-nicotine-tax/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In recent days, Washington legislators have rolled out a&#160;new bill, HB 2068, banning the sale of flavored nicotine products and...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Op-Ed &#124; Latest WA State internet safety bill tries to protect our kids&#8211;but has big overreach and unenforceable</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2025/03/latest-wa-state-internet-safety-bill-tries-to-protect-our-kids-but-has-big-overreach-and-unenforceable/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The proposed “youth online safety” (SB 5708 and HB 1834) speeding through our legislature represent a well-intentioned but fundamentally flawed...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Op-Ed &#124; Comprehensive Treatment Centers are Key to Washington’s Opioid Problem</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/12/op-ed-comprehensive-treatment-centers-key-to-washington-opioid-problem/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the transition to a new administration comes no shortage of politically significant issues. However, there are certain topics that...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8909</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Op-Ed &#124; Protect Rural Seniors and Doctors from Medicare Payment Cuts</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/12/op-ed-protect-rural-seniors-and-doctors-from-medicare-payment-cuts/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Proposed cuts to Medicare physician payments threaten to push even more doctors out of our communities, leaving the most vulnerable—low-income residents and seniors—without the care they need. We cannot let this happen.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Op-Ed &#124; How are Apple and Google Stepping up to Keep Kids Safe Online? They’re Not</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/09/op-ed-how-are-apple-and-google-stepping-up-to-keep-kids-safe-online-theyre-not/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Nansen Malin, Washington State Parents for Smart Tech If we are serious about keeping our teens safe online, there needs...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8891</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Op-Ed &#124; Rep McMorris Rodgers deserves praise for her leadership on technology and privacy</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/07/op-ed-rep-mcmorris-rodgers-deserves-praise-for-her-leadership-on-technology-and-privacy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Nansen Malin, Washington State Parents for Smart Tech Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers deserves praise for her leadership as Chair...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8879</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>What are Bob Ferguson’s real motivations in blocking the Kroger / Albertsons merger?</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/06/what-are-bob-fergusons-real-motivations-in-blocking-the-kroger-albertsons-merger/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2024]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that the marketplace for grocery shopping is changing, with consumers having more choices of where and how...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8871</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Congress Considering Giving Lina Khan Total Power to Decide What’s Appropriate for Kids to See Online</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/04/congress-considering-giving-lina-khan-total-power-to-decide-whats-appropriate-for-kids-to-see-online/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the House Energy and Commerce Committee gears up to review the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) this week, I...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8861</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Does Medicare Advantage hurt Washington’s rural hospitals? New study says “probably not.”</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/01/does-medicare-advantage-hurt-washingtons-rural-hospitals-new-study-says-probably-not/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s been a recent push among the hospital sector to argue that Medicare Advantage is shortchanging them, leading&#160;some hospitals to...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8846</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Why are Republicans in Olympia working with Democrats to copycat &#8220;Squad&#8221;-endorsed federal regulation?</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/01/why-are-republicans-in-olympia-working-with-democrats-to-copycat-squad-endorsed-federal-regulation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the kickoff of the state legislative session, things are moving fast in Olympia and one thing moving particularly fast...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8829</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Seattle&#8217;s new law covering app-based workers likely to hurt… Seattle&#8217;s app-based workers</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2024/01/seattles-new-law-covering-app-based-workers-likely-to-hurt-seattles-app-based-workers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 02:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Seattle/King Co]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This weekend, a new law passed by the Seattle City Council in May 2022 went into effect. Ostensibly designed to...]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8826</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Op-Ed &#124; Card Checks vs Democracy and Fairness. Workers and Employers Need a Voice! </title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2023/11/op-ed-card-checks-vs-democracy-and-fairness-workers-and-employers-need-a-voice/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Biden and his big union supporters are pushing executive actions and even legislation that takes away the principle of open competition.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8804</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Maria Cantwell Beclowns Herself in Senate Commerce Committee Hearing</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2023/02/maria-cantwell-beclowns-herself-in-senate-commerce-committee-hearing/</link>
					<comments>https://nwdailymarker.com/2023/02/maria-cantwell-beclowns-herself-in-senate-commerce-committee-hearing/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on legislation being pushed by Sen. Maria Cantwell that would subject...]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8781</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>New law in Washington State could intensify unfair DUI double-standard for alcohol, marijuana</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2023/02/new-law-in-washington-state-could-intensify-unfair-dui-double-standard-for-alcohol-marijuana/</link>
					<comments>https://nwdailymarker.com/2023/02/new-law-in-washington-state-could-intensify-unfair-dui-double-standard-for-alcohol-marijuana/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Northwest Daily Marker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 20:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers would reduce the percentage of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) legally determined...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion &#124; Is Pramila Jayapal Big Tech’s trusted fixer on anti-trust? Follow the cash.</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2022/05/opinion-is-jayapal-big-techs-trusted-fixer-on-anti-trust-follow-the-cash/</link>
					<comments>https://nwdailymarker.com/2022/05/opinion-is-jayapal-big-techs-trusted-fixer-on-anti-trust-follow-the-cash/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 03:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Seattle’s ultra-progressive congresswoman Pramila Jayapal is participating in one of those “boost your profile with very serious people”...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion &#124; McMorris Rodgers should ignore right-wing dreams to restrain Big Tech, focus on popular privacy protections</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2022/04/opinion-mcmorris-rodgers-should-ignore-right-wing-dreams-of-controlling-big-tech-focus-on-a-popular-agenda-on-privacy-protections/</link>
					<comments>https://nwdailymarker.com/2022/04/opinion-mcmorris-rodgers-should-ignore-right-wing-dreams-of-controlling-big-tech-focus-on-a-popular-agenda-on-privacy-protections/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Sly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Section 230]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a gambit that seems designed to facilitate her elevation into Republican leadership, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is abandoning her...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Washington Forest Protection Association announces sudden passing of Executive Director Mark Doumit</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2021/06/washington-forest-protection-association-announces-sudden-passing-of-executive-director-mark-doumit/</link>
					<comments>https://nwdailymarker.com/2021/06/washington-forest-protection-association-announces-sudden-passing-of-executive-director-mark-doumit/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Northwest Daily Marker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Olympia, Wash. – The Washington Forest Protection Association (WFPA) is profoundly saddened to announce today that its Executive Director, Mark...]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8644</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>340B: The little known (but indispensable) program in the quest to find more and better COVID vaccines</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2020/12/340b-the-little-known-but-indispensable-program-in-the-quest-to-find-more-and-better-covid-vaccines/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nansen Malin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 03:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[COVID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the nation’s capital – the one that Dino Rossi used to quip was “green with money” unlike ours that...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Op-Ed &#124; Our Elected Leaders Must Come Together to Fight COVID-19</title>
		<link>https://nwdailymarker.com/2020/10/elected-leaders-come-together-covid/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Stump]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am a caregiver/ healthcare professional, and my patients are older Washingtonians who are in the high-risk category for COVID-19....]]></description>
		
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