Sitemap - 2021 - The Washington Observer
The Sunday Observer: Gig-economy giants prep for potential ballot fight
Observer acquires Washington State Wire
Pierce County auditor jumps into SoS race
The Sunday Observer: Hyperbole, hustles and a flood of $$$ ahead of fundraising freeze
Embattled Cannabis Board member leaves early
The Sunday Observer: A bid to derail grassroots lobbying reform
Supremes shrug off redistricting chore
Implications of that Nadella stock sale
Giving thanks for the Observer's readers
A pre-holiday political money roundup
The Sunday Observer: Rich conservatives bankroll bid to weaken long-term care tax
The redistricting meltdown, explained
The Sunday Observer: ACLU preps for ballot fight to decriminalize drugs
Inslee rids himself of Hobbs, a moderate nuisance
The Sunday Observer: A big campaign to kill a small-city ballot initiative
Morning-after takeaways from the election results
With ballots due, we're tracking last-minute $$
The Sunday Observer: Is Thomas-Kennedy playing to lose in Seattle City Attorney race?
Pro-Constantine PAC pours $118K into exec race
The Sunday Observer: A generational battle for the Port of Seattle
Independent money flies in Seattle and elsewhere
The establishment versus the abolitionist
The Sunday Observer: A new political heavyweight rises on the left
More big money flies into Seattle mayor's race
The Sunday Observer: If Washington had real gerrymandering...
A year in, the best of the Observer
Billionaire, union pledge $1 million to defend capital gains tax
As new congressional maps drop, a look at how we got the current map
Lawmakers targeted for displacement in redistricting
Redistricting gets underway with some hardball maps
A big Constantine poll in KC exec race
Millionaires, billionaires give to state Senate PACs
Eyman PAC suddenly raking in big checks
How an unknown went from impulse candidate to the doorstep of Seattle city attorney's office
Primary takeaways: Seattle mayoral also-ran Houston had more donors than voters
Corporate cash largely absent in Seattle mayoral race
Realtors spend big on local races
Constantine continues stacking cash, buys TV time
How those millionaires and billionaires did, Part I
A year without direct democracy
State seeks to toss capital gains tax challenge
Seattle mayoral candidates raise nearly $2 million thanks to taxpayer-funded vouchers
Former Seattle congressman under consideration for ambassador to India
Unpacking Inslee's tribal veto
Inslee picks a high-stakes fight with selective veto
Inslee to sign big wins on the environment
Inslee vetoes empty electric car mandate
Inslee's 2024 reelection campaign spent $150K on digital advertising so far -- for what?
Campaign watchdog looking at surplus money
Expect Constantine-Nguyen to get rough
Landmark climate deal, capital gains tax pass in Legislature's closing hours
Grand bargain on climate, transportation looks dicey
House version of cap gains tax blocks a referendum, sets up a faster court fight
Influence Watch: "Grassroots" campaigns keep spending on low-carbon fuel standard
Washington lawmakers save longshoremen from robots
House, Senate face off on low-carbon fuel standard
An interesting day on Inslee's calendar
The impending demise of Olympia's press houses
Clean fuels bill gets yoked to transportation plan
Don Benton, former Trump official and state GOP chair returns to state politics with mystery mailer
Influence Watch: The death of rent control lite
Can Gov. Inslee actually force all schools to open?
Influence Watch: "Clean Fuel Washington" is actually Big Biofuel
Dead bills and billions from the feds
Will we see the capital gains tax on the ballot?
Weekend Observer: Senate poised for historic tax vote
Influence Watch: Farmers go old-school on worker OT; Black-box campaign pushes clean fuel standard
On the dicey politics of climate change legislation
How a big chunk of Inslee’s climate package died
Buildings emissions bill faces cutoff; a soda tax gets a hearing
Capital gains tax starts to gets real
HEADLINE CORRECTION: Cutoff Day: Mullet's committee guts credit-scoring bill
Cutoff day: Mullet's committee guts credit-scoring bill
Ranked-choice voting could make Washington's local elections more fun
Lyft, Uber, thus far escaping aggressive regulation
Sports betting bill worries tribes enough to poll
House Finance chair floats $2.25B tax on Washington’s billionaires — mostly Bezos
CORRECTION: Political cracks show on carbon bills
Political cracks show on carbon bills