Budget deal close, legislative leaders say
Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler and House Appropriations Chairman Timm Ormsby say negotiators are close to a budget deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown.
Spin Control archive for June 2017
TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2017
Most Legislatures have needed more time, but how much keeps getting longer
Needing extra time to get the work done has been the rule, not the exception, for the Legislature.
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017
Murray to Perry on Hanford: It's a big, dangerous place
Sen. Patty Murray grills Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Hanford cleanup
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017
2nd Special Session ends, 3rd starts with Inslee vowing to veto "stop-gap" budget
Second special session ended and a third one started Wednesday as the governor threatened to veto any stop-gap budget measure.
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017
State coffers up $200 million over the next four years, but not much help for budget stalemate
Washington's economic forecast up slightly but not likely to be a factor in a budget deal.
SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017
Sunday Spin 2: There's the grand old flag, and others that need 'splaining
Old Glory not the only flag seen around Olympia last week.
SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017
Don't blink or you could miss a pro forma session
Trying to explain what lawmakers are doing to visitors to the Capitol isn't always easy.
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2017
Rainbow flag raised over Capitol Campus
Gov. Jay Inslee helped raise the Rainbow flag over the Capitol Campus Friday and said the state succeeds, in part, because it is accepts people for who they are.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017
How quiet is it on Day 17 of 2nd Special Session?
More than half way through the 2nd Special Session of the 2017 Legislature, and the Capitol campus is pretty quiet. We explain just how quiet, inside the blog.
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017
Ferguson needles Trump on Travel Ban tweets
President Donald Trump says he wants his original travel ban, not the "watered down" version before the Supreme Court. Then you shoulda stuck with that one, Attorney General Bob Ferguson says.
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017
Could climate change belief split the country?
Pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord sets up a new alliance looking for other members. How far it will divide the country is hard to say.
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