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Inslee gets set for second term | The Petri Dish
Officially, Gov. Jay Inslee’s second term doesn’t get underway for another month.
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What’s at stake this election | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — You will be hard-pressed to find many in Washington who can’t wait until 8 p.m. Tuesday…
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Ferguson File not completely full | THE PETRI DISH
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s latest newsletter of legal wins and political initiatives arrived by email last…
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Clock is ticking in governor’s race | THE PETRI DISH
OLYMPIA — Republican Bill Bryant is running out of time in his quest to become Washington’s next governor.
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An interesting aside | THE PETRI DISH
OLYMPIA — It was the sort of loose locution one might reflexively associate with Republican Donald Trump this…
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Waiting for the Supreme reaction | THE PETRI DISH
OLYMPIA — In advance of Wednesday’s hearing on school funding, Washington Supreme Court justices had posed many questions…
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Style Over Substance | THE PETRI DISH
EVERETT — It took Donald Trump nearly four minutes to enter Xfinity Arena, make his way to the…
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Fishy happenings in the state capital | THE PETRI DISH
OLYMPIA — The state is about to get new standards for water quality calibrated in part on how…
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The Trump train heads to Washington | THE PETRI DISH
It’s a pretty safe bet Donald J. Trump will lose in the state of Washington this November. It’s…
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Stage set for tough talk | THE PETRI DISH
On Wednesday, right about the time beach volleyballer Kerri-Walsh Jennings hopes to be capturing gold in the Rio…
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Notes from the Primary | THE PETRI DISH
As ballot counting continues in the 2016 Primary, here are a few story lines emerging from the results…
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Imagine once again | THE PETRI DISH
OLYMPIA — As Republicans gathered in Cleveland last week, I imagined what GOP leaders might dish out against…
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Imagine this | THE PETRI DISH
Taking a cue from the Grand Old Party’s four-day fete in Cleveland, consider the case Republican leaders in…