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Washingtonians sent tens of thousands of emails and made hundreds of visits to legislators over the past few months with the simple message: a new baby, ailing parent, or cancer diagnosis should not mean financial calamity. On June 30, the Washington legislature responded, passing a comprehensive paid family and medical leave program with strong bipartisan […]
Seattle’s economy is booming: construction everywhere, crowded streets and transit, housing costs soaring, bustling neighborhood restaurants, and a 2.6% unemployment rate. Much of this growth is driven by high wage-tech jobs and the spillover effect of all those workers eating out, shopping, and paying premium prices. It’s in this context that Seattle instituted its higher […]
Join friends and supporters of the Economic Opportunity Institute in support of our mission to build an economy that works – for everyone. For nearly two decades, EOI has planted seeds and tended the growth of public policies to promote educational opportunity, good jobs, healthy families and workplaces, and a dignified retirement for all. Mark […]
The only realistic way we’re going to ensure educational opportunity for all children in Washington is really a right is with broad-based progressive tax reform.
Affordable child care is becoming increasingly unobtainable for Washington families. As the need for child care continues to grow, investment in public programs is dropping and providers are leaving the workforce. A study from New America shows that it costs more to send a child to preschool than a public college. Obtaining care for one […]
The Economic Opportunity Institute recently received the largest gift in our organization’s history – an endowment gift from Seattle philanthropist Floyd Jones. Floyd, who will turn 90 years old this fall, grew up the eleventh of twelve children in a poor sharecropping family in Arkansas. His financial success far exceeded his early dreams, but he […]
A genuinely good education system attracts and retains the best teachers, enables world learning, and encourages literacy in English as well as in other languages.
If Seattle’s proposed income tax ordinance stands up to a court challenge, we will have new revenue for education and housing.
Our forests are now on their third growth cycle, with smaller and less healthy trees.