Sound Transit got all it asked for and more than it wanted from state lawmakers this year.
These days Jay Inslee might be America’s most frustrated governor. And we may soon find out how much more frustration — and stomach ache — he can take.
The session that would never end is still not over.
If silence is golden, a lot of wealth is stockpiled in the state Capitol, where lawmakers and the governor are mum on progress in reaching a deal on a new state budget.
There’s nothing quite like the threat of a government shutdown July 1 to infuse urgency into negotiations on a new state budget.
The way Washington pays for public schools is illegal. But there’s no simple fix, and school leaders worry that state lawmakers are considering potential remedies that might not be better and, in some cases, could be worse.
Cap-and-trade seemed dead and buried among the year’s fallen legislative ideas – until it wasn’t this week.
It took 207 days of campaigning through two elections in 2012 for Troy Xavier Kelley to secure the job as Washington’s state auditor.
State lawmakers are up for a raise in the next two years.
You know the quadrennial quandary in this state about how to make the presidential primary meaningful?
There will be no pomp or ceremony today when Gov. Jay Inslee sits down with the Democrat and Republican leaders of the House and Senate to talk budget.
Five months ago voters said they wanted smaller classes in Washington public schools.
No one but Troy Xavier Kelley knows how long he will be the state auditor of Washington.
Sixteen months ago, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law the largest tax break any state has ever given a private company.
March 5 was hump day in the 2015 legislative session, day 53 of 105, after which lawmakers adjourn. At least that’s their hope.
