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    Randy Dorn
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    By Jerry Cornfield • May 11, 2016 2:46 pm

    For very different reasons, Donald Trump and Randy Dorn are poised to alter the dynamics of this year’s race for governor in Washington.

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    Bernie Sanders
    Sanders devotees feel lingering Bern | The Petri...
    By Jerry Cornfield • May 5, 2016 3:24 pm

    With all the attention given the heated contest for the Republican Party presidential nomination, it’s easy to forget the battle to become the Democratic nominee isn’t over.

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    Bernie Sanders
    Sanders devotees feel lingering Bern | The Petri...
    By Jerry Cornfield • May 5, 2016 3:24 pm

    With all the attention given the heated contest for the Republican Party presidential nomination, it’s easy to forget the battle to become the Democratic nominee isn’t over.

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    Donald Trump
    Trumped: GOP not exactly overjoyed with The Donald...
    By Jerry Cornfield • April 27, 2016 7:04 pm

    Donald Trump is marching toward the Republican presidential nomination, and Washington is one of his next stops.

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    Dealings at Boeing carry different tune | The Petri Dish
    Dealings at Boeing carry different tune | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • April 13, 2016 5:57 pm

    The first time area aerospace machinists tried to claw back bits of Washington’s ginormous tax break to The Boeing Co., they found themselves up against national leaders of their union and the governor of the state.

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    Fight for charter schools continues | The Petri Dish
    Fight for charter schools continues | The Petri...
    By Jerry Cornfield • March 23, 2016 7:40 pm

    Gov. Inslee was hanging out with his pals from the Washington Education Association last Saturday morning when the subject of charter schools came up.

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    Of flaws in the system and overtime in Olympia | The Petri Dish
    Of flaws in the system and overtime in...
    By Jerry Cornfield • March 16, 2016 4:34 pm

    Time to catch up on a couple pieces of unfinished business around here.

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    Little Marko exploits and legislative talk | The Petri Dish
    Little Marko exploits and legislative talk | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • March 9, 2016 2:07 pm

    Little Marko was on fire. The man most know as Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood was riffing on all the goodness in the supplemental transportation budget Tuesday evening and dropping kudos to Gov. Jay Inslee along the way.

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    Lieutenant governor’s race draws a crowd | The Petri Dish
    Lieutenant governor’s race draws a crowd | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • March 2, 2016 4:45 pm

    Why are so many people running to become Washington’s next lieutenant governor?

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    Lawmakers still don't know what to do about education.
    Legislature coming to grips with education | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • February 17, 2016 2:45 pm

    Having completed debates on the use of toilets and taxes, the Republican majority in the state Senate directed their attention Tuesday to a top item on this session’s to-do list – education.

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    Fain pitches tax on politicians | The Petri Dish
    Fain pitches tax on politicians | The Petri...
    By Jerry Cornfield • January 27, 2016 8:06 pm

    A Republican lawmaker wants to tax political campaigns and use the money to teach civics in schools and boost enforcement of the state’s election laws.

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    Randy Dorn
    Dorn sends a message with an empty seat...
    By Jerry Cornfield • January 13, 2016 3:44 pm

    Minutes before Gov. Jay Inslee gave his State of the State address Tuesday, the leader of Washington’s public school system delivered a message of his own.

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    Legislators continue to toil over school budget | The Petri Dish
    Legislators continue to toil over school budget |...
    By Jerry Cornfield • December 16, 2015 5:30 pm

    Eight lawmakers entrusted with drafting a school funding plan in line with the tenets of the state constitution and the dictates of the Supreme Court won’t complete their task this year.

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    Inslee takes on the world over climate | The Petri Dish
    Inslee takes on the world over climate |...
    By Jerry Cornfield • December 9, 2015 6:15 pm

    Nothing like a few days away from the office to get one’s spirit rejuvenated and energy recharged.

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    Tim Eyman
    Eyman ‘elated’ with his latest initiative | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • November 4, 2015 3:37 pm

    Voters have spoken and no one could be pleased more by what they said than Tim Eyman.

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    Who’s in as next state auditor? | The Petri Dish
    Who’s in as next state auditor? | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • October 7, 2015 5:50 pm

    It seems pretty obvious Washington’s next state auditor won’t be the current one, Troy X. Kelley.

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    School funding woes proving costly | The Petri Dish
    School funding woes proving costly | The Petri...
    By Jerry Cornfield • September 23, 2015 4:15 pm

    Fines are mounting against the state for not having a plan to ensure public schools are adequately funded.

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    State must navigate unchartered school waters | The Petri Dish
    State must navigate unchartered school waters | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • September 9, 2015 6:07 pm

    Try as it might, Washington just can’t get this charter school thing down right.

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    The state Supreme Court let the hammer fall on Aug. 13 in the McCleary education case
    The plight of struggling public schools | The...
    By Jerry Cornfield • August 19, 2015 3:34 pm

    Public schools are not just underfunded by the state as Washington’s Supreme Court has made abundantly clear.

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    Donald Trump
    The Donald factor might help both sides |...
    By Jerry Cornfield • August 5, 2015 2:12 pm

    Whether The Donald gets a chance to make good on his campaign’s Make America Great Again motto won’t be known for a seeming eternity.

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