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They're outta there, but not without some drama
Axing data center tax breaks, cutting child care subsidies and rural schools, a tough switcheroo for cities and counties, belated funding for cops, and…
 • Paul Queary, Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Rowan Herbst Minino
24 hours of bruising debate and tough votes
Plus Ferguson's Supreme Court, rhetorical whimsy, and a pop-culture sampler
 • Paul Queary, Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Rowan Herbst Minino
Tax policy news galore for the end-game
A smaller cigarette tax, fresh tidbits from the income tax rewrite, never mind on that airplane tax, and data centers in the crosshairs again
 • Tim Gruver, Paul Queary, and Jonathan Martin
Rounding up votes on the income tax
Ferguson jumps off the sideline, a nod to budget sustainability, some transportation tidbits, and a gross metaphor
 • Jonathan Martin, Paul Queary, Tim Gruver, and Rowan Herbst Minino
Local governments quietly grumble over a voting rights win
Plus hedge fund landlords, analog keys, rural backyard cottages, and Ferguson's brakes on the millionaire's tax.
 • Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Paul Queary
A second look at "Chopp Tower"
Plus an unlikely truce in the EV wars, income tax tweaks and pension sweeps, data center lobbying wars and impatient pups.
 • Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Paul Queary

February 2026

Rounding up the cutoff casualties
Plus more on subsidized child care, the income tax, and the influence of alcohol
 • Paul Queary, Jonathan Martin, Rowan Herbst Minino, and Tim Gruver
No brakes on runaway liability costs
Plus student restraint & isolation, spare change for housing, and a dumb controversy
 • Jonathan Martin, Rowan Herbst Minino, Tim Gruver, and Paul Queary
A sprint to the finish in Olympia
Purple backlash to child care cuts, budgeting for harm, another tobacco tax, a visit to coal country and talking dogs.
 • Paul Queary, Jonathan Martin, and Tim Gruver
A moderate Democrat’s curveball on the income tax
Plus some survivors from this week's cutoff
 • Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Paul Queary
Giving the income tax back before its enacted
About that $100M for cops... and some cutoff casualties
 • Paul Queary, Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Rowan Herbst Minino
Farm worker unionization faces headwinds
Plus moving local elections to even-numbered years and some recommend reading
 • Rowan Herbst Minino, Jonathan Martin, and Tim Gruver
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