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Cornfield: Plenty of blame to go around for Olympia’s late decisions
The countdown to special session is underway.
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Cornfield: Legislators leaning toward ‘not special’ session
As eight lawmakers arrived at a conference room early Wednesday (April 12) for another round of negotiations on…
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Cornfield: Debating the state’s death penalty stance
A vote, up or down, on abolishing the death penalty in Washington.
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Cornfield: Olympia wrestles with footing the bill for education
This may surprise you but one thing legislative leaders and the governor agree on is that new taxes…
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Cornfield: More than McCleary on Olympia’s education agenda
Maybe it’s the constitutional scrap incited by the McCleary school funding decision.
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Cornfield: Legislators looking into property tax tweak for school funding
A bipartisan alliance of lawmakers wants to rewrite one of the state’s vaunted political commandments in order to…
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Cornfield: Washington state Dems look for new leadership this weekend
In his first week, President Donald Trump effected quite a bit of change in the climate and landscape…
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Cornfield: Legislators have their hands full in 2017 session
Time is running out on the 2017 Legislature.
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Cornfield: Only Washington state politics proved somewhat predictable in 2016
2016 wasn’t a very good year for many of the nation’s venerable pollsters and pundits as they got…
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Cornfield: Dems jockey for top leadership spots
A fierce fight is underway for the top leadership post of the Washington State Democratic Party.
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Cornfield: Gov. Inslee takes on school funding plan
Officially, Gov. Jay Inslee’s second term doesn’t get underway for another month.
