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Guest opinion: GOP tax plan under close scrutiny
A tax overhaul plan drawn up by Republicans in Congress will be a good deal for many households…
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Guest opinion: Despite election wins, reasons for unease among state Democrats
Democrats went to bed last Tuesday confidently declaring their party will control the levers of legislating in state…
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Guest Opinion: Plenty at stake in senate election, Hirst decision
Consequences of state lawmakers’ inability to bridge their differences, preventing passage of a capital budget and water rights…
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Guest opinion: DeVos’ Washington state visit expected to ruffle feathers
It was going to happen eventually.
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Guest Opinion: All politics, as the saying goes, are local
There is no shortage of subjects that candidates for local offices can debate in their campaigns this fall.
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Guest opinion: Advisory measures or half measures?
Voters never got a chance to try to overturn new laws increasing the state property tax next year…
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Guest Opinion: Districted driving ban includes burgers and fries
The state’s new law targeting distracted drivers sure is irritating folks.
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Guest Opinon: Legislators are on the clock
Wednesday (July 19) arrived with a sense of possibility that lawmakers could solve the two remaining riddles in…
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Guest Opinion: State contract bill helps firm up budget in Olympia
One of the last pieces of the budget puzzle snapped into place on June 27, sealed in Republican…
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Guest Opinion: McCleary mystery continues in Olympia
Any day now lawmakers will reveal how they solved the McCleary Rubik’s Cube.
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Cornfield: State lawmaking run amok
Washington voters amended the state constitution in 1979 in hopes of bringing discipline to a legislating process run…
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Guest Opinion: Does a state government shutdown sound familiar?
The process of shutting down state government is underway, again.
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Cornfield: State legislators quite productive prior to special session
Not a whole lot is going on around the Capitol these days as the first not-so-special session reached…