Gregoire thinks altercations when special session opened and State Patrol troopers were injured should be the model for how efforts to close “Occupy” encampment should go

With no permit, no plans and no idea what they’re protesting, the Occupy Olympia crowd could be here for quite a while

It would be nice if the law reflected the simple reality that you can’t really lose something unless you owned it to begin with.

Susan Scott’s activism changed Spokane Valley.

Federal endangered species listings are accompanied by layers of restrictions that tie the hands of state and local governments. Arguably, local on-the-ground solutions are far more beneficial to...Read more here

Thurston County property owners find themselves pinned down by a government crossfire as county regulators continue their assault on private property rights, supposedly in defense of a gopher.

Americans that read Agenda 21 are outraged—and rightfully so. Even a quick glimpse of Agenda 21 and the most casual observer will recognize it as socialist engineering. Its strongest critics...Read more here

Thurston County farmers, facing a looming regulatory threat to their property rights and economic freedom, are pushing back. This threat – which underscores 10 of the scariest words in the...Read more here

Thurston County wants to encourage agriculture and tourism with a new agri-touism ordinance. The ordinance is planned failure and will only succeed in discouraging business.

Press Release—STOP Thurston County schedules more town halls.

OLYMPIA—Today, Stop Taking Our Property (STOP) Thurston County offered to debate the merits and implementation of the Critical Areas Ordinance and the Emergency Prairie Ordinance in Thurston...Read more here

Thurston county must periodically review the critical areas as defined by the Growth management act. However, the Growth Management Act does not require the Commissioners to automatically rewrite...Read more here

STOP Thurston County bumper stickers are available. Contact Glen Morgan by email at glen@STOPThurstonCounty.com

Washington state agencies frequently produce scientific studies and guidance documents that have broad policy implications. However, unlike the academic and scientific community, state agency...Read more here

A proposal from Representative Simpson, Engrossed House Bill 1653 (as amended) under consideration by the legislature would provide needed clarity to local governments in how the Growth...Read more here

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation’s Constitutional Law Center is urging the Washington Supreme Court to review a ruling from the state Court of Appeals that could affect how property taxes are...Read more here

OLYMPIA—The Evergreen Freedom Foundation today filed a brief urging the Supreme Court of Washington to review a property rights case. The Washington Constitution requires that the State pay...Read more here