JERRY CORNFIELD
OLYMPIA — Stuck on what gifts to give Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib and Republican state senators this holiday season? Consider one present they can unwrap… Continue reading
WA Legislature 2020
There’s a wide range of subjects they hope to address when the 2020 session begins next month.
A 2017 law lets lawmakers offer negotiation topics. But a bipartisan panel didn’t do so this week.
Supporters started too late and had too little money to explain the problems R-88 would solve.
Mason Thompson trailed Leigh Henderson for two weeks. He moved ahead by two votes on Thursday.
Lawmakers will wrangle over cuts in transportation spending as lawyers tangle on the measure’s legality.
Pass or fail, Initiative 976 is a reminder of what critics most dislike about the regional agency.
They want Jay Inslee to halt his planned $175 million reallocation of state transportation dollars.
As backers of I-1000 gear up, a legal spat involving others is casting a shadow on their efforts.
The governor skipped a meeting about tax breaks he said Boeing squeezed out of the state.
JERRY CORNFIELD
Voters will get a chance this fall to offer their opinions on every one.
JERRY CORNFIELD
Whew. The primary (on Aug. 6) marked the electoral debut of VoteWa, and the sparkling new statewide election management system didn’t crash or suffer a… Continue reading
Four women are vying to become the next House speaker. The Democratic caucus will decide in July.
Teachers ratified a new contract Monday and the Board of Education will consider it next month.
THE PETRI DISH
Inslee, possible candidates eye 2020 race
His successor could be the vote leaders need. But with elections in 2020, tax may be off the table.
Governor shifted $175M to culverts and vetoed a sentence he said threatened funding for transit.
