washingtonstatewire.com
Sen. Reuven Carlyle, chair of the Senate Environment, Energy, and Technology
Committee, announced Monday that he won’t seek reelection later this year. The
Seattle Democrat is coming off a historic win after last year’s passage of the
Climate Commitment Act, the state’s new cap and trade system for …
almost 4 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
Last week the Wire reported that Lyft had dumped $2 million into a ballot
initiative committee for an as-yet-to-be-filed measure. The Washington Coalition
for Independent Work also includes Uber, Doordash, and Instacart. The
gig-economy giants are hoping to get more favorable treatment at the state …
almost 4 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
Two significant proposed changes to Washington State elections that might
dramatically alter the landscape of local races are moving through the
Legislature. The larger proposed change is House Bill 1727, which would get rid
of most elections in odd-numbered years. The bill’s sponsor, SeaTac Democra…
almost 4 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
Lawmakers are full of ideas this year about how to spend the state’s significant
budget surplus, some of them with an eye fixed firmly on November’s election.
We’ve seen proposals to eliminate the toll on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and lop
a full percentage point off the sales tax, both from state Se…
almost 4 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
We recently wrote about the politically fractious legal marijuana industry at
The Washington Observer. Factions of the business are wrangling in Olympia over
significant proposed changes to the way the industry operates and is regulated.
One of the battlefields of the Weed Wars turns out to be the o…
almost 4 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
That plan to tax gasoline and other fuels exported from Washington apparently
isn’t going over too well in the places where the tax would be paid, especially
Oregon. To review, the $16.8 billion transportation plan rolled out by majority
Democrats last week included a 6-cent per-gallon tax on fuels …
almost 4 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
We’re in the final week of the Legislature’s session when lawmakers must
negotiate a complex deal to get out of town. Friday marked the last significant
procedural deadline, for House bills to pass the Senate and vice versa. Nearly
everything with a chance of passing has been approved by both the Ho…
over 3 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
Plus: a truce in the weed wars, unionization for the Legislature’s staff, and
more redistricting weirdness Today’s the day the big budget compromises get
rolled out in the Legislature. The operating and capital budgets have been in
closed-door negotiations for several days as lawmakers wrangled over…
over 3 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
Washington’s new political map has drawn another legal challenge, this time from
the right, in a lawsuit that condemns a majority-Latino legislative district in
the Yakima Valley as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. The complaint filed
Tuesday in U.S. District Court was brought by Benancio Ga…
over 3 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
Donald Trump’s endorsement didn’t do much to enliven failed gubernatorial
candidate Loren Culp’s dwindling ability to squeeze money out of his base of
small conservative donors for his challenge to U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse. Despite
getting the blessing of the grifter-in-chief in February, Culp took i…
over 3 years ago
washingtonstatewire.com
It looks like the weed industry is gearing up to fight a potential new tax on
its products in the city of Seattle. A new political action committee called
People for Legal Cannabis appeared recently to work on an as-yet nonexistent
initiative or referendum campaign. Digging into its filings with th…
over 3 years ago
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