If you’ve never tried to pull off a debate, it’s hard to appreciate the degree of difficulty involved in such a feat.
Gov. Jay Inslee is beginning the last year of his first term with every expectation of winning re-election in November.
The way Washington pays for public schools is illegal.
But there’s no simple fix, and school leaders worry that state lawmakers are considering potential remedies that might not be better and, in some cases, could be worse.
State lawmakers are up for a raise in the next two years.
It looks like it will be a lot larger than what they’re considering giving thousands of state workers and public school teachers.
It is Washington’s quadrennial quandary.
Every four years, the conversation starts anew on how to make this state’s presidential primary meaningful in the process of electing the nation’s next leader.
In their final debate Wednesday, Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene and Republican challenger Pedro Celis didn’t break any new ground or exchange withering verbal punches.
Republican Pedro Celis needs a spark for his congressional campaign and hopes it will come from two men who helped a Tea Party-backed candidate unseat U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn doesn’t want to use the word “failing” when talking about Washington’s public schools.
Establishing a commission to examine the causes and consequences of the Oso mudslide is taking longer than Snohomish County Executive John Lovick and Gov. Jay Inslee imagined.
Jay Inslee endorsed the death penalty for his entire political career.
But once the Democrat became governor and got his finger on the switch, he realized he couldn’t push it.
Initiative 522 is failing to pass for more reasons than just the $22 million opponents shelled out to defeat it.
Those looking for a more transparent government are increasingly relying on public records to make it happen.
