Research and Links

Healthcare:

National Association for Healthcare Quality, the nation's leading organization for healthcare quality improvement professionals
http://www.nahq.org/

Healthgrades - Search for ratings on hospitals, physicians and specific procedures. http://www.healthgrades.com/

Washington Health Foundation - Making Washington the Healthiest State in the Nation.
http://www.whf.org/

Healthy Washington Coalition - The Healthy Washington Coalition is the largest health care reform organization that has existed in Washington State in recent history. Their goal is to achieve secure, quality, affordable healthcare for all Washingtonians.

http://www.healthywacoalition.org

Environmental Stewardship:

The Sierra Club - Inspired by nature, Sierra Club works to protect our communities and the planet. http://www.sierraclub.org/

Washington Conservation Voters- focused on electing and supporting environmentally responsible candidates for public office.
http://wcvoters.org/

Washington Environmental Council - Protects what Washingtonians care about - our land and water, fish and wildlife, and our special way of life.
http://www.wecprotects.org/home/index.cfm

Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland - A nonprofit organization founded in1989 by local farmers to support and strengthen the economic viability of family farming in the Skagit Valley through land protection and agricultural marketing initiatives.
http://www.skagitonians.org/

Wise use of Tax Dollars:

Washington State Tax Information
http://wa.gov/business/taxes.aspx

Washington State Budget and Policy Center - Provides credible, independent and accessible information and analyses of state fiscal issues - including both revenue and spending policies - with particular attention to the impacts on low and moderate-income persons.
http://www.budgetandpolicy.org/documents/lowtax.pdf

Additional Sites of Interest:

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Provides state and local campaign's donor and financial data in free online reports.
Open Secrets

Extensive and serious website that serves as your guide to money in U. S. elections. It features a comprehensive assortment of free online reports about campaign finance on the federal, state, and local levels.

Follow the Money

Money in state politics plays a pivotal role in shaping public policy in individual states and across the nation. The nonpartisan National Institute on Money in State Politics tracks contributions in all 50 states and makes this data easily searchable online.

CQ Money Line

This site combines the forces of PoliticalMoneyLine and Congressional Quarterly to create a comprehensive and objective resource on money in politics. A couple of great new features of this site are it's Federal Filings Calendar and the FEC List of Pacronyms.