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Gov. Inslee faces many challenges this year before election | Cornfield
Gov. Jay Inslee is beginning the last year of his first term with every expectation of winning re-election…
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Frank Chopp’s future as speaker depends on good 2016 for Democrats | Cornfield
There’s never been a figure in Washington politics quite like Frank Chopp.
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Kirkland Rep. Stanford could run for auditor | Cornfield
It seems pretty obvious Washington’s next state auditor won’t be the current one, Troy X. Kelley.
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Democrats forced to change course after Hill declares he wont run for governor | Cornfield
The decision of state Sen. Andy Hill to not take on Gov. Jay Inslee in 2016 forced the…
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When will the presidential primary be in Washington state | Cornfield
Whether The Donald gets a chance to make good on his campaign’s Make America Great Again motto won’t…
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Inslee must draw a line in the sand on climate change issues | Cornfield
These days Jay Inslee might be America’s most frustrated governor. And we may soon find out how much…
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Does anyone notice when the state auditor disappears | Cornfield
When the state’s duly elected auditor disappears while in office does anyone notice beyond the shadow of the…
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The session that would never end is still not over | Cornfield
For six months – officially 168 days and counting on Thursday – the state’s 147 citizen legislators and…
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Cone of silence shrouds Olympia on budget progress | Cornfield
If silence is golden, a lot of wealth is stockpiled in the state Capitol, where lawmakers and the…
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State budget negotiations reach state of urgency with shutdown looming | Cornfield
There’s nothing quite like the threat of a government shutdown July 1 to infuse urgency into negotiations on…
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No simple fix to school funding issue | Cornfield
The way Washington pays for public schools is illegal.
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Cap-and-trade bill still gasping for political life | Cornfield
Cap-and-trade seemed dead and buried among the year’s fallen legislative ideas — until it wasn’t this week.
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It didn’t take long to liquidate state auditor’s legacy | Cornfield
It took 207 days of campaigning through two elections in 2012 for Troy Xavier Kelley to secure the…
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State lawmakers up for raise in two years | Cornfield
State lawmakers are up for a raise in the next two years.
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Majority of Washington voters won’t have a hand presidential primary | Cornfield
You know the quadrennial quandary in this state about how to make the presidential primary meaningful?
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Governor, lawmakers meet to discuss budget | Cornfield
There will be no pomp or ceremony today when Gov. Jay Inslee plans to sit down with the…
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Kelley has become a pariah in his own party in just two weeks | Cornfield
No one but Troy Xavier Kelley knows how long he will be the state auditor of Washington.
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Presidential primary puts parties in same old quandry | Cornfield
It is Washington’s quadrennial quandary. Every four years, the conversation starts anew on how to make this state’s…
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Legislators eyeing five bills on election process | Cornfield
Lawmakers are looking at ways to make the election process cheaper for voters, easier to see who is…
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New legislative session means more laws | Cornfield
With the start of another year comes the promise of another session of the state Legislature and the…