The 2013 regular session adjourned April 28. A special session began May 13 - budget writers and caucus leadership are negotiating an agreement before other members are called back to Olympia to vote on a final budget.
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BUDGET & TAXES
- Wash. House passes budget proposal (AP/Bellingham Herald)
- Wash. Legislature passes budget proposal (Seattle Times)
- Budget talks reach deal (Spokesman-Review)
- Lawmakers OK $1.1B construction budget that could create nearly 20,000 jobs (The Olympian)
- Wash. lawmakers approve early retirement penalties (AP/The Daily News)
- Wash. senator cuts trip short for budget talks (AP/The Daily News)
- Through the Night! – Lawmakers Wrap Up Session at 7:28 a.m. (Washington State Wire)
- BLOG: Balanced budget rule sails through House (Jordan Schrader/The News Tribune)
- BLOG: Pension deal clears Senate (Jordan Schrader/The News Tribune)
- BLOG: Special Session 3.0: Senate passes tax bill (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review)
- BLOG: Why Hemingway would have tut-tutted the Wash. legislature (Pete Jackson/Crosscut)
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
- Small companies sound off at Herrera Beutler Roundtable (The Columbian)
- BLOG: Boeing’s big boat and the photo of it seen ’round the nation (Sue Frause/Crosscut)
- COLUMN: Don’t let a sports arena mess up Seattle’s working waterfront (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I)
- EDITORIAL: JOBS Act may help startups, harm others (Spokesman-Review)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Tacoma officials baffled by theft of City Council members’ laptops (The News Tribune)
- New sheriff aims to cut overtime, improve transparency (Seattle P-I)
- Oregon turns heavily to ignition interlocks to prevent drunken driving (Oregonian)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
- Report: Washington dollars not going far enough for pre-K (AP/Bellingham Herald)
- BLOG: Senate passes K-12 health benefits bill (Jordan Schrader/The News Tribune)
- OPINION: When it comes to quality education, it’s the principal of the thing (Katie Baird, associate professor of economics at the University of Washington Tacoma/The News Tribune)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
HEALTH CARE
HIGHER EDUCATION
LEGISLATURE
- Lawmakers find common ground in waning hours of 2nd session (The Olympian)
- Gov. Gregoire calls special session (AP/The Daily News)
- BLOG: Gregoire calls Legislature into all-nighter special session (Brad Shannon/The Olympian)
- BLOG: Gov. Gregoire calls additional special session, plans to work through night (Christina Salerno/TVW)
- BLOG: Adjourn tonight? Deals done on budget, jobs, pensions (Brad Shannon/The Olympian)
- BLOG: One special session ends, new one starts (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review)
- COLUMN: Disability ‘lifestyle’ must not apply to senator (Shawn Vestal/Spokesman-Review)
- EDITORIAL: What do Zarelli’s veteran’s benefits have to do with it? (The News Tribune)
- EDITORIAL: The smelly restoration of Pam Roach (The News Tribune)
- EDITORIAL: Senate GOP’s backroom deal may be costly (The Daily News)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- No county charter panel yet (The News Tribune)
- BLOG: County Council opts against charter review election (Steve Maynard/The News Tribune)
MEDIA
OPEN GOVERNMENT
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
STATE
- BLOG: Inslee campaign reports $4.8M raised (Jordan Schrader/The Olympian)
- BLOG: Inslee: Full-court press pays in campaign $$$$$ (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I)
- BLOG: The “Denny District” — already paid for? (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I)
NATIONAL
STATE GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORTATION
- $45 penalty on $5 toll? So says DOT (Seattle P-I)
- C-Tran board: Light rail vote will happen this fall (The Columbian)
WATER