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A modest approach | The Petri Dish
Back in 1965, with mounting evidence of the ill effects of smoking, Congress decided every pack of cigarettes…
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Washington’s mental health system is overwhelmed | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — The state is paying millions of dollars a year in sanctions because it’s unable to evaluate…
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A primary vote that matters | The Petri Dish
Washington may have a meaningful Presidential Primary in 2020.
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Your signature is worth money | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — The signature of a registered voter will be one of the most sought after political commodities…
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A slow-motion beginning | The Petri Dish
A bunch of folks at the William D. Ruckelshaus Center are
waiting to help bring about detente in…
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President, governor or retirement – only Inslee knows his plan | The Petri Dish
The political machinery of Jay Inslee is in pretty much full operation these days.
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Eyman’s running on faith, and his own money | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — Tim Eyman is so convinced his latest initiative attack on car tabs is a winner, he’s…
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Republican challenges are few | The Petri Dish
Democratic Congressman Rick Larsen of Everett is getting his re-election campaign formally under way this week with events…
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Deja vu all over again | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — Gun rights activists and their legislative allies may have messed up again in their political calculations…
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Money to spend | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — The state will expend a chunk of taxpayer dollars in the coming months searching for wolves…
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Talk will turn to money | The Petri Dish
Washington public school teachers are ready to reap financial rewards from their long battle to increase state funding…
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Two big surprises | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — One of the bigger surprises of the just-completed legislative session occurred in the final hours when…
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Compromise may have won out | The Petri Dish
OLYMPIA — To fully appreciate a peace accord reached this week on rewriting state law on the use…