That’s what I try offer in this commentary in Crosscut. Here’s how I frame it.

Legislative post mortems generally report that business interests had a good session. That’s a fair but incomplete conclusion. The progress made this year in Olympia will improve Washington’s economic competitiveness. However, much more remains to be done.

Let’s look first at the accomplishments: Unemployment insurance tax relief, workers’ compensation changes to reduce costs, adjustments in employee compensation and pension reform to create a more sustainable budget, and expanded use of competitive contracting to increase productivity and create private sector jobs.

While collectively significant, in most cases these changes were incremental and modest.

The piece goes on to review some national competitiveness studies that assess how Washington fares against other states.

Please take a look at it and give me your thoughts.