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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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NPI asks Legislature to drop plans to divert billions of dollars in sales tax...
Good afternoon, Senators. For the record, Andrew Villeneuve from the Northwest Progressive Institute, here in respectful opposition to Senate Bill 5802. At NPI, we believe strongly in fiscal...
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Business executives, take note: Most Washington voters want to balance the...
A robust majority of Washington voters agree with the Balance Our Tax Code coalition that the state should address its current fiscal challenges primarily by levying new taxes on the wealthy and large...
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Balancing the 2025 state budget primarily with cuts would neither be...
Yesterday, The Seattle Times editorial board published the latest in a series of badly reasoned editorials demanding that Democratic legislators write a budget for the 2025–2027 biennium that mainly...
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Governor Bob Ferguson issues statement indicating he wants more cuts and less...
Yesterday afternoon, Governor Bob Ferguson issued a statement reacting to the revenue proposal jointly unveiled on Tuesday by House and Senate Democratic legislative leadership, which, before paring,...
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Washington House of Representatives passes legislation to raise state’s...
A critical component of the Democratic revenue package supporting the 2025–2027 operating budget passed another important test in the Washington State House of Representatives today, winning approval...
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Washington’s elected representatives can’t just patch our short-term revenue...
Governor Bob Ferguson and state legislators have an opportunity – and the responsibility – to treat the current budget negotiations not as a temporary solution to a short-term fiscal deficit, but a...
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That’s a wrap: The 2025 regular session of the Washington State Legislature...
Another odd year legislative session is in the books. After one hundred and five days of hearings, meetings, floor debates, and votes, the presiding officers of the Washington State Legislature...
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House Republicans pass horrific tax and budget bill that will make the...
A budget bill demanded by Donald Trump that is loaded with irresponsible, destructive fiscal provisions cleared the United States House of Representatives by a single vote in an overnight session,...
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