{"id":915191,"date":"2026-06-24T18:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/washington-policy-center-to-host-vancouver-event-thursday\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:12:37","slug":"washington-policy-center-to-host-vancouver-event-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/washington-policy-center-to-host-vancouver-event-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Policy Center to host Vancouver event Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-186275\" data-id=\"186275\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p>Date: <time content=\"2026-06-01T14:14:08-07:00\" datetime=\"2026-06-01T14:14:08-07:00\">Monday, June 1, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcountytoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/02_Story_Clark-County-Today-Vancouver-4.jpg\" alt=\"A free panel forum at Vancouver Community Library on June 4 examines Washington state's business and labor policy outcomes.\"><figcaption>A free panel forum at Vancouver Community Library on June 4 examines Washington state\u2019s business and labor policy outcomes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>This forum will examine whether Washington state\u2019s current policy environment supports businesses and workers and whether those goals are sometimes in tension<\/h2>\n<p>The Washington Policy Center will host a policy forum Thursday (June 4) at the Vancouver Community Library (The Columbia Room), located at 901 C St. in Vancouver. The event will be from 5:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This forum \u2013 entitled Is Washington State Business- and Worker-Friendly \u2013  will examine whether Washington state\u2019s current policy environment supports businesses and workers and whether those goals are sometimes in tension.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion will focus on real-world outcomes: Hiring ease, wages, flexibility, business formation, cross-state competitive advantages and disadvantages and worker opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will hear from a panel of experts from across the political spectrum with a wide variety of perspectives, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Harmsworth, Washington Policy Center\u2019s Director for the Center for Small Business<\/li>\n<li>State Representative Monica Jurado Stonier of the 49th Legislative District<\/li>\n<li>State Representative April Berg of the 44th Legislative District<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth New, Washington Policy Center\u2019s Director for the Center for Worker Rights<\/li>\n<li>Moderator Renee Radcliff Sinclair, President and CEO of TVW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reserve your seat at this free event now!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.washingtonpolicy.org\/nx\/portal\/neonevents\/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F43619\">Register Today<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p> ClarkCountyToday.com<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcountytoday.com\/business\/washington-policy-center-to-host-vancouver-event-thursday\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=washington-policy-center-to-host-vancouver-event-thursday\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Monday, June 1, 2026 A free panel forum at Vancouver Community Library on June 4 examines Washington state\u2019s business and labor policy outcomes. This forum will examine whether Washington state\u2019s current policy environment supports businesses and workers and whether those goals are sometimes in tension The Washington Policy Center will host a policy forum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":915192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2859],"tags":[5034,6702],"class_list":["post-915191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-policy","category-washington","tag-policy","tag-washington"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}