Four days left in this year’s session, with some big questions left on the table. Will the Senate go along with the House capital gains...Read More

Progressives are having a good session, with a number of initiatives coming together in the final days. It looks like environmental policy is a big...Read More

We are at day 95 of the session, with essentially no talk of a special session. It wasn’t that long ago that it seemed like...Read More

Today is day 93 of the 105-day legislative session. For such an abnormal period of time, with most of the session activities conducted virtually, this...Read More

I interviewed US Rep. Kim Schrier this week, who framed something for me that I thought was interesting and a shift. She said that the...Read More

My Gonzaga Bulldogs went down in a stunningly flat performance last night to Baylor in the NCAA Men’s College Basketball National Championship. It was a...Read More

Washington was one of just 7 states waiting until May 1 to allow all residents over 16 to be vaccinated — until yesterday when Inslee announced the...Read More

Today is day 79 of the 105-day session, but the end game has been set. My guess is capital gains will barely pass. The Working...Read More

This is an increasingly tense time of the session. Folks are tired from long hours of advocacy and policy making. We are close to the...Read More

A big thank you to former Sec. of State Sam Reed and former Rep. Larry Seaquist! They both became recent supporters of the Wire through a sustaining...Read More