Cornfield Report

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

A critical moment in policing reform; nurse staffing debate

Here’s what’s happening on Day 45 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

A review of meaty budgets and the return of Potato Day

Here’s what’s happening on Day 44 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Lawmakers are considering a Labor Day sales-tax holiday

Here’s what’s happening on Day 40 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Awash in money, Democrats soon reveal how they’ll spend it

Here’s what’s happening on Day 38 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Will these bills be loved or spurned? A deadline is imminent

Here’s what’s happening on Day 36 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Democrats target guns and ammo in late-night lawmaking push

Here’s what’s happening on Day 33 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

5 things Democrats didn’t say about their $17B transpo plan

Here’s what’s happening on Day 31 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Traffic jam: Lawmakers face the legislative cut-off deadline

Here’s what’s happening on Day 29 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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