Plans for free fairs came to a screeching halt after lawmakers, uh, just sorta checked in with relevant parties. 400tmax/Getty ImagesFree tickets to Washington State Fairs and free parking at Washington State Parks ranked among the most highly coveted...
Last Thursday the Washington State Legislature closed up shop with less than an hour left to go, barely making the deadline to avoid a special session. That particular fact matters to your life in no way at all, though...
More like these please RICHARD THEIS / EYEEM / GETTY IMAGESThis session lawmakers in Olympia failed to move on legislation to increase the supply of market-rate housing statewide, which means Washington’s hot-hot market will stay hot, and our...
This evening the House held a lovefest for House Democratic Majority Leader Pat Sullivan (left), who will retire this year. SCREENSHOT from TVWThe Washington State Legislature is closing up shop today: Democrats in the Legislature expect to wrap up...
In what's shaping up to be a not-so-stellar session for progressive policy, HB 1851 looks like one of the good and urgently needed bills Democrats pushed through this year despite much bleating and gnashing of teeth from the other...
For liberals, the Court is out of reach for a generation. But it doesn't have to be that way. Geoff Livingston / GETTY IMAGES The Supreme Court has sucked for as long as I have been alive, and at...
A womb and a tomb. Lester BlackHappy cutoff day!! Anything that wasn't a budget or that wasn't necessary to implement a budget needed to pass out of the House or Senate in Olympia today at 5 pm. I'll...
House Bill 2076 might give ridehail drivers outside Seattle a pay raise and some benefits, but other labor groups say the cost of the deal runs too high. NYCSHOOTER/GETTYA new proposal in Olympia tests whether Washington state Democrats want...
