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Unsurprisingly, Jim Walsh wants to evade an NPI-championed law that requires...
In a tacit admission that he’s very worried about the electoral prospects for a slate of destructive initiatives that he and multimillionaire funder Brian Heywood managed to purchase votes on last...
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Judge Allyson Zipp incinerates Jim Walsh’s shameful lawsuit to hide fiscal...
A legal challenge filed last month by two prominent Republican party officials that shamefully sought to evade Washington’s new law requiring fiscal transparency in initiative descriptions received a...
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Judge Chris Lanese dismisses Tim Eyman’s groundless legal challenge to...
Former prolific initiative promoter and office chair pilferer Tim Eyman suffered another total defeat in court last Friday when his groundless lawsuit challenging the legality of Secretary of State...
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“We’ll pay more”: Defend Washington’s newest ad emphasizes that Brian...
The coalition working to protect Washington from this year’s crop of bad statewide initiatives unveiled its latest TV spot today. It shares some visuals with its older siblings, but unlike them, it is...
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Donald Trump’s broligarch friends are ready to wreck America’s essential...
One of the best presidents America never had, Adlai Stevenson, put it bluntly when he said: “The ability to govern is the final test of politics, the acid, final test.” Stevenson should have been...
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Washington Republicans are demonstrating that they’ve learned nothing from...
With the results of the 2024 presidential election now certified, elected leaders and activists across Washington are turning their attention to the upcoming legislative session, which begins January...
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House Republicans defy Donald Trump, join Democrats in voting for new stopgap...
The United States House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly late Friday to approve a medium-term appropriations measure that will keep the federal government funded and open through the holidays...
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Governor-elect Bob Ferguson releases outline of budget priorities, discusses...
Washington’s incoming governor Bob Ferguson today published a multi-page memorandum outlining his thoughts on developing a balanced set of budgets for the next several years, the top task he’ll share...
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U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan temporarily blocks Trump regime’s attempt...
An attempt by Donald Trump and the lackeys who serve him to withhold the disbursement of funds lawfully appropriated by Congress has been put on ice for now. With only a few minutes to go until a...
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“This bill will mean more pain and chaos for our country”: Read Patty...
Editor’s Note: Today, demonstrating leadership that New York’s Chuck Schumer will not, Washington’s senior Democratic United States Senator Patty Murray delivered a floor speech strongly opposing...
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Senate Democrats unveil revenue package, propose reducing sales tax to...
This morning, Washington’s Senate Democratic caucus unveiled a plan that would significantly improve the state’s tax code while providing much needed revenue to avoid a damaging all-cuts,...
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Washington’s revenue shortfall looms large over Governor Bob Ferguson’s first...
New Governor Bob Ferguson, a chess master, should be on top of his game right now. But instead, he appears conflicted in what moves to make as the Legislature moves into the final month of its one...
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There’s no way to responsibly balance the budget for 2025–2027 without...
As the adjournment date in the 2025 legislative session rapidly draws near, Republican legislators and their backing chorus of austerity-obsessed lobbyists, business executives, and editorial writers...
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Three-fifths of Washington voters want to balance the budget primarily with...
Washington voters are enthusiastic about requiring the wealthy and big corporations to pay what they owe despite a dishonest, corporate-funded effort to convince people that the state’s fiscal...
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