A deal at last: Can the Washington Legislature finally go home?
A bipartisan deal, covering class sizes and biology tests, will apparently allow the Washington Legislature to finally adjourn its 2015 winter session after three special sessions and three weeks into...
View ArticleState Rep. Reuven Carlyle plans to move up to the State Senate
State Rep. Reuven Carlyle flirted briefly with a 2014 challenge to State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, a fellow Democrat, in Seattle’s 36th District. Kohl-Welles lined up endorsements from every...
View ArticlePam Roach is often moved to run, from one house to another and now from one...
State Sen. Pam Roach, R-31, has feuded with Republican colleagues, won election as Senate president pro tem with Democratic votes, and run for such offices as U.S. Congress and King County Council. She...
View ArticleObama wants more icebreakers
President Obama is using this week’s Alaska trip to urge action on what’s been a low U.S. priority, building or acquiring new heavy duty U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers capable of year-round operations in...
View ArticleState Sen. Brian Hatfield is latest Democrat to leave the Legislature
State Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, becomes the third high-profile Democrat to leave the Legislature this year, announcing Tuesday he will become sector lead for rural economic development, working...
View ArticleDelBene becomes sixth member of Washington delegation, 101st House member, to...
U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, late on Thursday, became the sixth member of Washington’s congressional delegation to support the agreement negotiated by the Obama administration and five major powers, under...
View ArticlePolitician, pundit, lobbyist Chris Vance is running for U.S. Senate
Ex-Republican State Chairman Chris Vance has specialized in analysis, his sharp prose in Crosscut contrasting to the online news site’s sleep-inducing analyses of the 35th District, including a...
View ArticleCantwell, last Democrat to decide, will support the Iran nuclear accord
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Tuesday night became the 42nd Democratic senator to support the Iran nuclear accord and the last Democrat in Congress’ upper chamber to declare her position. Along with...
View ArticleSen. Karen Fraser declares for lieutenant governor; incumbent Brad Owen...
Veteran Democratic state Sen. Karen Fraser declared Tuesday that she is running for lieutenant governor, the second Democrat in the Legislature’s upper house to announce for the post currently held by...
View ArticleExport-Import Bank backers roll over conservative foes, force House vote on...
Supporters of renewing the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a key tool used by U.S. firms to sell goods overseas, used an arcane procedure on Friday to overcome conservative opposition and force the House of...
View ArticleObama, in Seattle, mocks Republicans’ disarray in Congress
President Obama played two roles in two Northwest states on a packed Friday afternoon. He served as comforter-in-chief to families of the Umpqua Community College students killed in Oregon, and as...
View ArticleHouse votes decisively to renew Export-Import Bank: Can it survive in the...
The U.S. House of Representatives brushed aside right-wing resistance on Tuesday and voted 313-118 to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which provides loan guarantees that support the sale of...
View Article‘No Child Left Behind’ law, with its rigid testing requirements, is about to...
The U.S. Senate is about to leave behind the unpopular “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) law that was an early hallmark of the Bush II administration, but which has generated a public backlash over its...
View ArticleWashington senators join Supreme Court legal challenge to restrictive Texas...
A new, far-reaching legal battle over women’s reproductive rights, officially the case of Whole Woman’s Health Clinic v. Cole, is slated for argument before the U.S. Supreme Court this spring. Sens....
View ArticleThe ‘Newbies’: New faces, new jobs in Legislature, King County Courthouse and...
The 2015 election wasn’t exactly a groundswell, but it was far more than a frost heave. New faces can be found in the Legislature, King County Courthouse and Seattle City Council. Several old faces...
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