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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