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Pow! Bam! Inslee delivers a one-two punch of executive power
Governor shifted $175M to culverts and vetoed a sentence he said threatened funding for transit.
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Upon further review, EPA wants to redo water quality rules
Feds say they’ll use what the state submitted in 2016 even though they’re no longer the state’s faves.
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In state House, one historic era ends and another begins
Chopp is out as speaker. Lovick is in, and already dealing with next steps in two investigations.
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AG’s legal tab in Eyman case nears $1M with trial a year away
The anti-tax activist will be tried in July 2020 on charges he repeatedly broke state election laws.
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Even with all that winning, Democrats didn’t run the table
They didn’t pass a capital gains tax or plastic bag ban and the death penalty is still on…
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To the end, lawmakers struggle to cross the finish line
A disagreement among Democrats on lifting school levy cap threatened to force a special session.
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Details emerging on Democrats’ $52.4 billion budget deal
Higher taxes on banks, businesses and high tech giants will help balance the two-year spending plan.
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If Inslee only knew, he might have run for president sooner
The governor isn’t a great dealmaker. His absences from Olympia may be helping get his bills passed.
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Seeking compromise on data privacy, Dems found controversy
Microsoft, Amazon and Comcast got invited to to help craft language but consumer groups did not.
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Chopp will step aside even if Dems haven’t picked a successor
The state’s longest-serving House speaker vows to leave his post “a few days” after the session’s end.
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Snohomish woman on 17-day fast to spotlight plight of orcas
Lanni Johnson wants elected leaders to publicly back removing dams on Snake River as one solution.
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Is a low-carbon fuel standard running out of political gas?
State Sen. Steve Hobbs of Lake Stevens is pondering whether to move the bill out of the committee.
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Democrats are in charge but GOP is helping steer the debate
Republicans see their role as fixing or foiling bad bills. Democrats’ tax bills are their new target.
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What tax raising idea will win out in March budget madness?
Democrats, who control the House and Senate, are set to release spending plans and revenue packages.
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Showdown on Inslee’s clean air rule reaches Supreme Court
Justices will consider whether Inslee had authority to impose regulations. A lower court said no.
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Resetting state view on helping those with substance abuse
In opioid epidemic, a lawmaker wants recovery to be on the same pedestal as treatment and prevention.
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What a surprise: Democrats eye the need for higher taxes
Even with a robust economy, the majority party might seek more revenue to carry out its wish list.
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Car tab rumblings have yet to erupt into legislative fracas
There are proposals, but no hostile fire over how to provide savings without derailing light rail.
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Controversial 2018 election mailers were audacious — and legal
Misleading postcards didn’t violate election laws because they touted non-candidates, the PDC found.
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State panel bumps up pay for lawmakers, governor and judges
Other statewide officeholders will get increases too. Tim Eyman vows to give voters a chance to block them.