Dear Friends, I wish I weren’t saying this in June, but here it goes anyways: Greetings from Olympia! As you may have heard, budget negotiations have been tough down here….
VIDEO: Compromise budget highlights
With six days until the end of special session, House and Senate budget leaders rolled out a modest, compromise budget plan that will complete the work of the 2013 legislative…
Open Up and Say “Aaaaah’m Not Guilty.”
In a landmark 5-4 ruling earlier this week, the US Supreme court authorized taking a suspect’s DNA upon arrest. Justice Kennedy wrote the majority’s opinion. This decision broke down usual…
Compromise budget plan defends safety net, advances education
“If politics is the art of compromise, then our budget-proposal is a fine art. It’s a fair, commonsense connection of diverse perspectives we need to send legislators home before the…
House and Senate Democrats Unveil New Budget Proposal
Democratic leaders from the House and Senate proposed a new compromise budget in an attempt to finish negotiations before the end of the first special session. House Majority Leader Pat…