Cornfield Report

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A holiday for Lunar New Year, a return of green and white license plates

It’s Day 29. Here’s what’s happening in the 2023 session of the Washington Legislature

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Retooling drug laws, protecting octopus and honoring a cactus

It’s already Day 26. Here’s what’s happening in the 2023 session of the Washington Legislature

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

A tax credit for working families and a tax break for newspapers

And a new roadblock emerges to vehicle pursuit reforms. Here’s what’s happening on Day 24 of the legislative session

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

No right turns on red gets a look, a bid to expand sports betting arrives

It’s a new week. Here’s what’s happening on Day 22 of the 2023 session of the Washington Legislature

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

A move to require voting and a bicameral chasm on vehicle pursuits

It’s Day 19 and the mood is heating up as the third week of the 2023 legislative session comes to an end.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Two tax duels and a unified push to ensure the people’s voice is heard

It’s Wednesday. Here’s what’s happening on the 17th Day of the 2023 session of the Washington Legislature.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

They’re lining up for license plates but not an airport

It’s a new week. Here is what’s happening on Day 15 of the 2023 session of the Washington Legislature

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Tax talk heats up, gun bill moves on and abortion debate looms

Here’s what’s happening on Day 12 of the 2023 session of the Washington Legislature.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Backers of vehicle pursuit law may hit a wall in the Senate

It is Day 10 in the Legislature. A wealth tax arrives and debate on lawmakers’ records continues

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Gun bills arrive and hospital staffing debate begins anew

Week 2 of the 2023 legislative session is under way. It’s going to be a little more tense

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Push begins for a pickleball license plate and a ban on octopus farming

Those are two of 700 bills introduced in the first week of the 2023 legislative session.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

They’re in an upbeat mood. We’ve got a definition of middle housing

It’s Day 3 of the 2023 legislative session. Good feelings can’t last forever as committee hearings and votes begin.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Lawmakers return as a path for a Blake fix is fine-tuned

It is day one of the 2023 legislative session and 147 citizen legislators are doing it in person.

NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112
NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

A testy final night of legislating brought 2 big surprises

Here’s what’s happening after adjournment of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Move Ahead reaches the finish line on the eve of adjournment

Here’s what’s happening on Day 59 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Time to work out budget deals, iron out policy disputes

Here’s what’s happening on Day 57 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Liias eyes a solution for transportation package funding

Here’s what’s happening on Day 54 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112
NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Transpo package inches ahead amid concern about funding source

Here’s what’s happening on Day 52 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

Olympia jargon: No, NTIB is not some new kind of face mask

Here’s what’s happening on Day 50 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112

With less than 2 weeks to go, time for compromise in Olympia

Here’s what’s happening on Day 47 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

NO CAPTION NECESSARY: Logo for the Cornfield Report by Jerry Cornfield. 20200112