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Fair Start for Kids was landmark legislation. So why are lawmakers talking cuts?
Thoughts on the portability of wealth
Slumping returns for apartment tax breaks
Senate Health Committee talks pediatric dentistry, Medicaid
Gun control advocates push again for permit-to-purchase
Takeaways from our political operatives
Incumbent House R announces Senate bid in 26th LD
Giving thanks for The Observer’s readers
More on Re-Wire: Direct democracy
Senate Democrats claim bigger share of Ways & Means
Rolling out the Re-Wire Agenda
Legal clashes loom over gas initiative
Breaking down Democrats' gains in the Legislature
The House GOP ticks right against its will
And now for the losers, Part 1
In this Washington, a big night for progressives
Lopsided spending for the end-game
A splashy campaign against cutting wage theft enforcement
Lands Commissioner race gets spicy late
Down ballot, voters weigh competing minimum wage initiatives
Reichert makes a late play on abortion
Late independent help for Reichert
All about the ballot initiatives: Lopsided spending, new polling
Ferguson and allies outspend Reichert and allies 10-1
Will voters in the new 14th swing left for the first time in 30 years?
Should Washington lawmakers get a raise?
More campaign cash for the final push
Democratic dreams of a supermajority
What Washington's EV rebates bought
Business PAC loads up for November
So about those mature legacy forests…
Big checks for the November end game
The long-term fallout of gutting long-term care
A moderate-vs-progressive fight in the 45th
A $1M independent campaign against Reichert on abortion rights
WA Superintendent asks for $3B boost for K-12 education
The capital gains tax goes to education and child care. What happens if voters repeal it?
Playing the rich-California-dude card against the initiatives
Reichert’s plight: A lackluster debate and a glaring lack of money
One of the Senate's top fundraisers gives back to her caucus
Dueling messaging around Climate Commitment Act Repeal
Big money for ballot initiatives
Incumbent superintendent and Peninsula School Board member advance to general
A new look for ballot initiatives
Immoderate money and moderates’ misery
Expectation-management in the 14th LD
Early takeaways from the primary
Vancouver state Senator has token opposition. Why is she raising so much cash?
Republican feud in the 26th LD gets rough
Dhingra pumps cash into the AG race ahead of primary
How redistricting reshaped the 17th LD Senate race
Inside the District 5 statehouse shuffle
Crypto billionaires drop cash in the 6th CD
Ferguson, Reichert spend heavily ahead of primary
A small-for-now independent campaign against Ferguson
Dueling abortion-rights advertising in the 6th CD
Big aluminum throws in for natural gas initiative
The Seattle Times' lukewarm embrace of Bob Ferguson
Doctors struggle to afford Medicaid patients. How can WA solve the problem?
Attack of the (campaign) clones
Supremes mull unveiling ‘Stop the Steal’ Seattle cops
Firefighters throw some green into the Lands Commissioner race
Intriguing polling in the 5th LD
An interesting longshot in the governor’s race
Is bringing universal health coverage to WA a moonshot?
Ferguson's campaign cash, including "Zack the Track"
The timber money problem in lands commissioner race
Newcastle council votes to keep Pride flag in the closet
Inside the initiative against the war on gas
Meet the Republicans duking it out for District 4
The small money in the governor’s race
Big labor endorsements in the 6th CD
Adding up lawmakers' bill wins in Olympia
A House workplace drama revealed
Inside Inslee’s last lobbying push
Two extra Bobs in the governor’s race
Who will lead the agency that oversees Washington schools?
The crux poll in the Mullet-for-governor experiment
A grim Reichert ad on public safety
As Filing Week approaches, some campaign cash news
Early independent money in the 10th LD
A look at the race for insurance commissioner
The Mullet-for-governor hypothesis, Part III
A green thumbs-up in the 6th CD
Takeaways from the GOP convention
A high-stakes weekend for the GOP
More big money to fight CCA repeal
Patchwork policy-making on local levies creates disparities for WA students
Early Microsoft money defends the Climate Commitment Act
A non-binding nomination process with big $$$ implications
Testing the Mullet-for-governor hypothesis, Part II
How help for electric cars went sideways
The greens pick a horse for Lands Commissioner
McCleary required Washington to fully fund education—so why did the “fixes” worsen inequity?
The festival of bill signing draws to a close
Interesting wrinkles in the strippers’ rights bill
Schools need more money, so why did some districts lobby against freeing up local cash?
Ferguson rolls out public safety plan, including $100 million for more cops
Anti-initiative campaigns start to raise big cash
Court redraws Yakima Valley districts, displacing GOP lawmakers
A further autopsy on medical mergers
The Year of Housing 2.0: winners and losers
While the Legislature froze fundraising for others, Reichert stacked cash
House passes PSE’s gas transition bill in the wee hours
Two victims and a survivor at opposite-house cutoff
Committee votes on ballot initiatives
The endorsement race in the 6th CD
Examining the death of rent restrictions
Bills on the bubble at the last big cutoff
Student isolation and restraint reform dies in Senate Education — again
House housing bills get Senate haircuts
Tactical retreat in pursuit of strategic victory
An affordable housing tax break on public lands
Rent restriction survives deadline
Senate advances controversial hospital merger measure
Rent restrictions get a remodel
Senate committee restores regulatory waiver for psychiatric beds
Dueling visions on child care and taxation
A tug-of-war over gift card reform
The thorny dilemmas of student confinement and isolation
Testing the Mullet-for-governor hypothesis
Campaign cash news in the 6th CD
Lot-splitting sprints out of the house
The green flag goes up in Olympia