For months, the Governor and Senate have been calling for an amendment to the state constitution to steer a little of the state's revenues into a hard-to-tap rainy day fund.Virtually all lawmakers seem to agree that it's a good idea. You don't have to go…
Most of the action remains subterranean right now, with a handful of key lawmakers hashing out deals behind closed doors.After an informal poll of staffers and lobbyists, the betting seems to be for the budget to come out sometime Wednesday, with the session wrapping up…
One thing that doesn't come across on TVW or much of the news coverage out of Olympia is how choreographed and scripted most (but not all) of the House and Senate floor debate is. Daily, tourists and visitors sit in the galleries, presumably expecting some…