News
Lawmakers aim to act on guns and pot, taxes and apples
There’s a wide range of subjects they hope to address when the 2020 session begins next month.
Opinion
No cost to vote, but million spent to influence it
Check out the numbers behind the November 2019 general election.
Opinion
New voting system parks primary election concerns
Is VoteWA ready for its debut, live and untested?
Northwest
Mukilteo schools may soon have state’s highest paid teachers
Teachers ratified a new contract Monday and the Board of Education will consider it next month.
Opinion
Inslee strikes hard with executive powers
Last week, the governor vetoed a single sentence repeated throughout a transportation budget.
Opinion
What’s going on with WA’s clean water rules
Washington has been trying to make the first significant update in its water quality standards since the 1990s.
Opinion
A historic era ends, another begins
Frank Chopp is gone, and John Lovick is taking the reigns.
Opinion
Inslee, Democrats riding high
His absence from The Hill may explain why things are moving smoothly over there.
Opinion
Snohomish woman finishes 17-day fast to spotlight orcas’ plight
Time is running out on these “iconic creatures.”
Opinion
Is a low-carbon fuel standard running out of political gas?
State Sen. Steve Hobbs of Lake Stevens is pondering whether to move the bill out of the committee.
Opinion
Democrats are in charge but GOP is helping steer the debate
Republicans see their role as fixing or foiling bad bills. Democrats’ tax bills are their new target.
Opinion
Gov. Inslee and the state Supreme Court
The court will be ruling on whether Inslee’s executive actions for addressing climate change were an overreach of…