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    June 30, 2010

    Supt. Randy Dorn Speaks Soberly About His 'Embarrassing' Salary, Compares It to Cliff Lee's

    ​Update: The Associated Press followed up the story today, quoting Dorn: "I'm Randy Dorn. That's who I am. I don't think people want somebody who's guarding every single word of what they say." More after the jump. Maybe it was just a matter of timing: Three months after he apologized for hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    The Westlake Tea Party: Photos and Stories of How It Really Went Down

    ​Another Tax Day. Another Tea Party. For over a year, anti-tax demonstrators have been gathering in Westlake Center to let off steam against what they see as excessive government spending and the federal and state politicians who've dug the country further into debt. If you were hoping for si ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Vote for Me-Literally: Legislators in Olympia take credit for votes they never cast themselves.

    ​Another Tax Day. Another Tea Party. For over a year, anti-tax demonstrators have been gathering in Westlake Center to let off steam against what they see as excessive government spending and the federal and state politicians who've dug the country further into debt. If you were hoping for si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    State Legislators Vote Often or Not at All; Tally Comes Out the Same Either Way

    EFF photosThen casts seatmate's vote​Seattle Rep. Sharon Tamiko Santos casts her vote​ Hypocrisy, a requisite trait of politicking, has run amok this session in Olympia. Legislators who often demand accountability by others don't seem to demand it from themselves, recently giving a 65-se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Richard Sanders' Defiance, by the Numbers

    Dongyun LeeIf shouting "Tyrant" at then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey (over the United States' torture policies) and unapologetically ruling on a case that could later financially benefit him weren't enough, we now have statistical evidence that Richard Sanders is one defiant dude. The folks at t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    4,500 Attend Olympia Tea Party (Update)

    The Tea Party in Olympia has just broken up. Slated as one of the biggest in the state, the event lived up to its billing. The Washington State Patrol estimates that between 4,000 and 5,000 people packed the Capitol Campus, covering the Capitol steps and spilling out onto the lawn and nearby street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Burner, Nixon also out for Elections Director

    The Tea Party in Olympia has just broken up. Slated as one of the biggest in the state, the event lived up to its billing. The Washington State Patrol estimates that between 4,000 and 5,000 people packed the Capitol Campus, covering the Capitol steps and spilling out onto the lawn and nearby street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Those Darn Unions!

    The Tea Party in Olympia has just broken up. Slated as one of the biggest in the state, the event lived up to its billing. The Washington State Patrol estimates that between 4,000 and 5,000 people packed the Capitol Campus, covering the Capitol steps and spilling out onto the lawn and nearby street ... More >>

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    The Immigrant Vote

    Proposed initiatives would crack down on illegals at the polls and on welfare rolls.

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    Mike McGavick's Unimpression

    Also: Why conservatives like the new ID-card requirement.

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    The Cost of Secrecy

    A citizen pursues meaningful monetary punishment for King County's failure to disclose public records.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    787 Hiring Outsourced

    A foreign-owned firm gets a state contract.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Public Exposure

    Don't let Olympia make it easier to keep the public's business secret.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    What the Big Boys Want

    The state's billionaires and corporate lobbyists want the taxpayers to give generously—again.

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Airbus America

    The European plane maker wants to build aerial tankers in the U.S. So Washington state is wooing Airbus to locate here, as it did with Boeing, right? Right? Wrong.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    What the Right Does Right

    I may not agree with all their values, but at least they have them.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Buzz

    I may not agree with all their values, but at least they have them.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    The State's Two-Timing Consultant

    Taxpayers paid Deloitte Consulting $715,000 to help woo Boeing—which just happens to be a $5 million Deloitte client.

  • News

    March 3, 2004

    Open Government, Archaeology, and a Quote

    Taxpayers paid Deloitte Consulting $715,000 to help woo Boeing—which just happens to be a $5 million Deloitte client.

  • News

    February 18, 2004

    $64 Billion Falls Through the Tax Cracks

    That $3.2 billion bribe to keep Boeing here is merely the biggest of hundreds of tax exemptions for Washington businesses.

  • News

    December 24, 2003

    Boeing Wins

    The state's $3.2 billion offer 'preserves' 800 dream jobs assembling the Dreamliner.

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Brain Damage

    The billing scandal at UW Medical is far from over, and the penalties could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

  • News

    October 16, 2002

    Sandpaper and Silk

    Jim Johnson and Mary Fairhurst are stark contrasts in their race for state Supreme Court.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    $840,000 Bar Tab

    A well-connected, politically active liquor hauler is apparently on the lam.

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    Power of Attorneys

    Feud over ratings by the King County Bar fuels Supreme Court race.

  • News

    July 31, 2002

    All Politics Is Local

    Liberty and Law

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    What teacher's strike?

    Liberty and Law

  • News

    April 11, 2001

    Balancing act

    The Senate's proposed budget is scary—but consider the alternatives.

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    Feeling special in Central Area

    The Senate's proposed budget is scary—but consider the alternatives.

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