The verdict on jobs
Democrats say they created tens of thousands of jobs with laws passed this year, even as Republicans complain about a tax increase they say will be a job killer. Some bills intended to get employers...
View ArticleMeet the House majority leader candidates
There’s a long list of House Democrats who want to replace retiring Majority Leader Lynn Kessler as the chamber’s second-in-command. Rep. Pat Sullivan seems to have built up some support during months...
View ArticleSenate ‘willing to walk away’ from state bond projects
Construction projects paid for with state borrowing are popular with everyone, but that doesn’t keep them from becoming political footballs. Senators who released a bipartisan construction budget...
View ArticleDebt fight still holding up Legislature halfway into special session
Both sides of a debate over debt are blaming one another for keeping state lawmakers in Olympia. Republicans and sympathetic Senate Democrats are holding the budgets hostage until they get their wish...
View ArticleSenate, House inch toward each other on debt limit
For a while now, the Senate and House have been arguing about whether the state debt ceiling should stay the same — 9 percent of state revenue — or be lowered to 7 percent. Now they’re inching toward...
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