The Wire hosted a virtual conversation this week with Sen. Manka Dhigra, Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, Rep. Marcus Riccelli and...
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today – the National Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women Day of Remembrance – that...
5/5/2021
Big kuddos to our reporter Michael Goldberg. He’ll be heading to the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism...
5/4/2021
Sen. Joe Nguyen announced last week that he is challenging 12 year incumbent Dow Constantine for King County Executive....
5/4/2021
Join the Washington State Wire tomorrow at 10:00 AM as we host a virtual conversation between legislative Democrats on the...
5/4/2021
The Biden Administration announced this week the nominations of Tana Lin and David Estudillo to District Court judgeships...
4/30/2021
Earlier I wrote about the 2021 supplemental budget passed by the Legislature on Sunday. The Legislature also passed a...
4/30/2021
In a letter sent to Governor Jay Inslee’s office on Tuesday evening, the Washington State Hospital Association called on...
4/29/2021
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced this month that she is cosponsoring an updated version of H.R.2483, the...
4/29/2021
Climate advocates in Washington are celebrating the passage of a second-in-the-nation economy-wide carbon pricing bill,...
4/29/2021
Representative Eileen Cody was raised on her family’s farm in Iowa. After earning her associate’s and a Bachelor of Science...
4/28/2021
Washington State ranks 26th in the country for the amount of federal COVID aid it has received through April 15, 2021,...
4/28/2021
A bipartisan group of governors decided to flex its muscle and get students back into classrooms, despite union resistance...
4/28/2021
The Legislature adjourned Sunday after a session defined by the unique virtual manner in which it was conducted and the...
4/28/2021
This was an impressive session for progressives, the likes of which we haven’t seen since either the 1993 session. The...
4/27/2021
The past year has shined a spotlight on the systemic inequities that proliferate the nation. In Washington, a theme of the...
4/26/2021
On the last day of the legislative session, Washington legislators passed their 2021-2023 operating budget, appropriating...
4/26/2021
Rep. Jessica Bateman knows her story is unique. It shouldn’t be, but it is. Before the Washington State House of...
4/25/2021
The State Senate voted Friday to approve a $6.3 billion capital construction budget, directing funds to priorities such as...
4/23/2021
The working families’ tax exemption passed by the Legislature will provide up to $1,200 for individuals who qualify based...
4/23/2021
In an order of consideration filed today, the State Senate responded to the capital gains tax bill passed by the House...
4/22/2021
Investigators said that Michael Reinoehl probably opened fire before officers killed him last year. But some key evidence...
4/10/2021