Opinion
How many lobbyist’s dinners are too many? | Cornfield
A panel empowered to guide elected leaders along a righteous path is struggling to draw clear ethical boundaries…
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Republicans find an immigrant’s voice to run against DelBene for Contress | Cornfield
In an online video announcing his campaign for Congress, Pedro Celis acknowledges the audibly unmistakable: “In case you…
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State soon will know number of oil tank cars shipped through area | Cornfield
By the end of this week, Washington will learn how often tank cars of oil siphoned from North…
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Did the State Supreme Court mean what it said for school funding? | Cornfield
Imagine the domed state Capitol as a classroom, with 147 state lawmakers as students, and you may get…
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Lessons learned at Oso disaster | Cornfield
That venerable adage ‘It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it’ came to mind Tuesday as…
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Will Inslee wield veto pen? | Cornfield
As Gov. Jay Inslee prepares to sign a revised state budget, he’s getting pressed to veto a few…
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Oso mudslide coverage not easy | Cornfield
You may notice the daily media briefings on the Oso mudslide getting shorter and tenser with less said…
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A nine-month breather for Inslee | Cornfield
No one could be happier to see state lawmakers wrap up and head home than Gov. Jay Inslee.
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What did legislators do this session? | Cornfield
It is becoming clearer what new laws will emerge from the two-month legislative session.
Opinion
The Boeing ‘flu’ taking its toll | Cornfield
More than the usual exchange of cold and flu germs occurred among lawmakers this session.
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Fully funding state schools will take more than one meeting | Cornfield
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are finding themselves once again falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts…
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Bill would allow more ads on government websites | Cornfield
Thousands of times every day someone visits the websites for the state’s parks system and lottery and flips…
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Inslee can’t throw the switch | Cornfield
Jay Inslee endorsed the death penalty for his entire political career. But once the Democrat became governor and…
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Governor puts education, taxes back on Legislature’s table | Cornfield
Gov. Jay Inslee’s call to raise money for schools by closing tax breaks put the education funding debate…
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State government attempts to get past rhetoric to a transportation plan | Cornfield
Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican Sen. Curtis King may have set down their poison pens but are…
Opinion
Unanswered questions from 2013 | Cornfield
The year 2013 left a ration of questions to be answered in the course of 2014. Here is…
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Preview of coming attractions and distractions for lawmakers | Cornfield
A preview of coming attractions and distractions for lawmakers next year can be found in the pile of…
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I-517 defeat may have cost Tim Eyman more than pride | Cornfield
Tim Eyman may wind up losing more from this month's election than just an initiative.
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Why voters put the kibosh on food labeling | Cornfield
Initiative 522 is failing to pass for more reasons than just the $22 million opponents shelled out to…
Opinion
Big changes on the horizon following election | Cornfield
With the curtain all but closed on the fall election, Democrats will turn their attention to filling two…