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Lawmakers want to know if Sound Transit conned them on costs
But they didn’t ask for testimony from the transportation committee members who negotiated the bill.
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Whether cheers or jeers, DeVos appearance will rouse spirits
Trump’s secretary of education is coming to Bellevue to raise money for a pro-business think tank.
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This guy is aiming to go from Tweakerville to City Hall
Everett mayoral hopeful Gary Watts is counting on voters’ concerns about the city’s drug addicts.
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Inslee’s capital budget tour is getting on Republicans’ nerves
OLYMPIA — Jay Inslee is back on the road this week with his “Ain’t Got No Capital Budget…
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Snohomish cowboy ready to take on ‘Sheriff Joe’ again
A presidential pardon in hand, Arizona’s “Sheriff Joe” Arpaio may be getting ready to hitch up his spurs…
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Trump’s plans, not his tweets, should be an issue this fall
There is no shortage of subjects that candidates for local offices can debate in their campaigns this fall.
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‘What happened to Hillary happened to Brian Sullivan’
EVERETT — Those leading the Snohomish County Democratic Party wanted badly for Brian Sullivan to be the city’s…
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Washington voters now can voice opinions on new tax laws
OLYMPIA — Voters never got a chance to try to overturn new laws increasing the state property tax…
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Petition seeks rewrite of state’s new distracted-driving law
OLYMPIA — The state’s new law targeting distracted drivers sure is irritating folks.
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Lawmakers running out of time to solve the Hirst riddle
OLYMPIA — Wednesday arrived with a sense of possibility that lawmakers could solve the two remaining riddles in…
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Lawmakers to shine more light on state worker contracts
OLYMPIA — Republican senators agreed to fund state worker contracts after reaching a deal with Democrats to increase…
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Solving McCleary is like figuring out a Rubik’s Cube
OLYMPIA — Any day now lawmakers will reveal how they solved the McCleary Rubik’s Cube.
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Backers of district elections in Everett running out of time
EVERETT — An ambitious attempt to redistribute political power in Everett might not make it to the ballot…
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Talk and tension rise over collective bargaining reform
OLYMPIA — Teachers in the Everett School District incited quite a stir with their talk of striking on…
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No easy fix for Washington’s broken process of legislating
OLYMPIA — Washington voters amended the state Constitution in 1979 in hopes of bringing discipline to a legislating…
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Experience pays when prepping for government shutdown
The process of shutting down state government is under way, again.
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When it came to car tabs, not all lawmakers read the fine print
OLYMPIA — It’s pretty clear those running Sound Transit aren’t seizing the initiative to ease the financial pain…
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Don’t forget what lawmakers accomplished during regular session
OLYMPIA — Not a whole lot is going on around the Capitol these days as the first not-so-special…
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AG seeks public advice on forcing Trump to show his taxes
OLYMPIA — Some Democratic lawmakers want to know if they can legally keep President Donald Trump’s name off…
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Dems happy over GOP-sponsored bill to increase ballot boxes
OLYMPIA — In the stack of bills awaiting Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature is what one supporter described…