Cornfield Report

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The state of the state and the mind of the governor

Here’s what’s happening on Day 3 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

60-day sprint: State lawmakers plan to fix what’s broken

Here’s what’s happening on Day 1 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

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3 smoldering questions from the ashes of the 2021 session

Here’s what’s happening after adjournment of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

A forecast on carbon and capital gains, plus a tear-gas deal

Here’s what’s happening on Day 103 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Timely police reform; Ferguson weighs in on drug possession

Here’s what’s happening on Day 101 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Is the ‘grand bargain’ crumbling? Is a drug-law fix coming?

Here’s what’s happening on Day 99 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

9 bills the governor is signing and 1 that he won’t

Here’s what’s happening on Day 96 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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Things are heating up in Olympia — and not just the weather

Here’s what’s happening on Day 94 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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5 wrinkles for lawmakers to iron out in session’s last days

Here’s what’s happening on Day 92 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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Climate change debate hogs spotlight; Inslee demurs on Blake

Here’s what’s happening on Day 89 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Budget talks gain speed; COVID may shift state into reverse

Here’s what’s happening on Day 87 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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Could a carbon tax find its way into a grand bargain?

Here’s what’s happening on Day 85 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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Biden may seek to house migrant children in Washington

Here’s what’s happening on Day 82 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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State transpo package arrives, clean fuel standard motors on

Here’s what’s happening on Day 80 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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Budgets, school re-openings and data privacy

Here’s what’s happening on Day 78 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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Senate Democrats go big with budget. Will House go bigger?

Here’s what’s happening on Day 75 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Urgent responses to the Blake decision emerge in Olympia

Here’s what’s happening on Day 73 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

Clean-fuel bill seems to be bypassing a key Democratic foe

Here’s what’s happening on Day 71 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

5 ways to spend federal aid, 1 reason to pass capital gains

Here’s what’s happening on Day 68 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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

A revenue jackpot; Democrats lukewarm to Inslee school order

Here’s what’s happening on Day 66 of the 2021 session of the Washington Legislature.

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