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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"