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Ferguson rolls out a budget and a tax reform agenda
The names behind that shadow money
New shadow money from the right
Does an income tax finally loom?
Our Re-Wire Conference is here, there’s still time to sign up
Ferguson (sort of) picks a fight on the budget
Committee Days in Olympia, and big checks will fly
A weird D-on-D fight over immigration
What to do about that $3B liability bomb
A new juvenile institution on the way?
Business angst about a progressive Seattle mayor
It's starting to look like a socialist is going to Seattle City Hall
Wilson’s strong primary lit a fire in Harrell camp
Wilson trails, and other takeaways
Some wacky last-minute s$%t for Election Day
Late hardball in the 33rd Legislative District
A look at the cash in some out-of-the way races
Big checks and spending for the end game
As political cash flies around, it's time to vote
A campaign cash roundup to start your weekend
Pro-Harrell PAC comes after Wilson for inexperience
Pro-Wilson PAC comes out swinging for Harrell
Builders ready a play in King County exec race
Pro-Harrell PAC tops $1M in campaign cash
An interesting poll on closing the Tesla loophole
A looming hole in the eviction safety net
Harrell, pro-Harrell PAC erase Wilson’s campaign cash advantage
A really expensive football date with Bob Ferguson
Mostly-Microsoft money headed for hot legislative races
Wilson leads in votes and cash in Seattle
Rookie lawmakers in retrospect
Happy Primary Day; don’t forget to vote
Spicy hardball in the 33rd legislative district
Pre-primary spending heats up in Seattle
Business PAC money plays in the 48th
Big hospital chain goes back to court
Counting the costs of annexations
A look at rising overtime costs
KC executive race heats up as primary nears
Supremes shield state labor negotiations from public records law
Hard times in the legal weed business
Hardball in the Seattle mayor’s race
Meet Washington’s #1 Medicaid giant: Amazon
Washington’s elusive out-of-state homeowners
Another year without direct democracy
How auto dealers trucked EV makers
The fuzzy math of tracing dark weed
Ferguson tacks left and embraces the Legislature
A somewhat unusual veto request
King County Executive candidates stack cash
A brief history of the veto pen
Higher wages for some high-hazard workers
A challenge for the House business chair
How an accountability bill for bad actors in the insurance industry died
The winners at the 2025 Legislature
How lawmakers went from $3B for education to making the system more regressive
Democrats hug it out over rent restriction, UI for strikers
House Democrats narrowly advance big changes to education levies
A lifeline for drug treatment on the ropes
Washington moves toward a new Medicaid money shuffle
House waters down Senate’s big spending proposal for basic education
Money and muscle for a fight on new taxes
Senate Democrats raise the roof on rent restriction
Interesting tweaks at the fiscal deadline
The most fun deadline—for us anyway
Ban on flavored vapes & cigarettes returns, with added taxes
Ferguson kinda-sorta threatens to veto a wealth tax
Senate boosts, inflation-proofs gas-tax
Hospitals warn Senate Democrats’ recommended cuts would gut their bottom line
House, Senate Democrats pitch different priorities in operating budget proposals
Unpacking "dueling" tax packages from House and Senate Democrats
New taxes on the wealthy and Big Tech, and a sales tax cut for everyone
Corporate cash flows into anti-tax-increase PAC
A shocking departure from the gov's office
The houses of origin have spoken
House passes renter protections (again)
The state hired the teachers’ union to train special ed teachers
Elections—and retirements—have consequences
Long-fought right to repair passes House
A corporate campaign to elbow a tax on big employers
Senate fiscal committee advances big spending for K-12 priorities
Ferguson's $4 billion budget knife
A high-octane road war with auto insurers
The bills that got their torches snuffed at first cutoff
Unpacking the fight over the Parents' Bill of Rights
Unraveling a shotgun compromise on low-carbon fuels
More of Democrats’ plans to eat the rich
Senate Democrats leave Ferguson’s universal school meals behind
New fronts in the rideshare wars
Local school politics shows the power of supermajority requirement for bonds
Cracking down on the car-tab break for “classic” cars
Fencing off private equity from neighborhood real estate
Insurance commissioner aims to boost penalties for bad actors
Lawmakers pick a knife fight with Tesla
A fight over taxing short-term rentals for affordable housing
House Democrats strip GOP minority of a key clock-management tool
Democrats' gun (and bullet) control shots
High-poverty schools may finally get more cash—if the state is willing to pay
A business-backed “educational” campaign on the budget and taxation
A flurry of special education bills hit Olympia
Ferguson's conservative-sounding inaugural
Introducing the student bill of rights
The curtain goes up in Olympia
Ferguson offers his budget "proposal"