- Washington’s salmon recovery continues to flounder despite increased funding
- New state budget forecast offers $1B worth of good news for Washington leaders
- Organized retail theft leads to higher prices in the long run
- ‘It’s definitely tough’: New study shows nearly third of WA households struggle to make ends meet
- Here are the major Seattle retailers that have closed stores in 2023
- Kaiser Permanente workers across Washington preparing for possible November strike
- Washington state is closing its first prison in 10 years. Are other facilities next?
- Taxpayers could be in for a rude awakening as clock ticks on tax cuts
- Sen. Braun assails Dems for having 'the federal courts do their redistricting'
- Current deadly fentanyl overdose statistics surpass 2022 levels in King County
- As federal shutdown looms, WA agencies told to start preparing
- 28% of families in Washington state can't afford basic needs, UW study finds
- Forecast shows higher Washington tax collections, rate slowing
- Current deadly fentanyl overdose statistics surpass 2022 levels in King County
- Target to close 2 Seattle stores, citing crime and safety
- Wash. hospitals in capacity crisis; beds per capita worst in US
- Seattle, Tacoma among cities pushing for Supreme Court review over camping ban enforcement
- Judge upholds Washington’s $17B transportation package
- House Republican Deputy Leader Mike Steele and Senate Republican Leader John Braun call for a special session to reconvene the Redistricting Commission
- Rep. Jim Walsh issues statement on growing concern local school boards could lose ability to choose materials allowed in schools
- Rep. Jim Walsh issues statement on rising gas prices and outlines potential solutions
- Commission recommends making bad long-term care program worse, says Rep. Peter Abbarno
- 35th District lawmakers, Mason County community leaders celebrate groundbreaking on final phase of Oakland Bay Restoration project
- Editorial: Who causes high fuel prices? Politicians need only look in mirror (Capital Press)
- Editorial: Decriminalizing drugs harms community (The Columbian)
- Opinion: Lawmakers should reconvene redistricting commission, not shirk their responsibility (Sen. John Braun/The News Tribune)
- Opinion: Truth in Taxation improves property tax transparency (Jason Mercier, vice president and director of research, Mountain States Policy Center/Capital Press)
- Opinion: Environmentalists destroying forests instead of saving them (Jim Petersen, founder and president of the nonprofit Evergreen Foundation/The Spokesman-Review)
- Rep. Peter Abbarno: Celebrating our state’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library origin story
- Rep. Peter Abbarno: The Real Impact of Higher Gas Prices
- Rep. Peter Abbarno: Taking Time to Consider the ‘True Meaning’ of Father’s Day
- Rep. Peter Abbarno: Accountability and compassion at the heart of the Blake ‘fix’ bill
- Rep. Peter Abbarno: Make state government more open, transparent and accountable
- Inside Olympia: Exit interview with now-Kitsap County Commissioner Christine Rolfes, and Rep. Chris Corry, the new Ranking Republican on the budget-writing House Appropriations Committee. (Sept. 21, 2023)
- The Impact: Washington's nuclear legacy - Hanford cleanup update (Sept. 20, 2023)
- Inside Olympia: WA Corrections Secretary Cheryl Strange discusses plans to close Larch Corrections Center near Vancouver. In addition, the department is pursing major changes in the use of solitary confinement, and wants to remodel Washington prisons based on prisons in Norway. (Sept. 14, 2023)
- The Impact: OSPI weighs in on Wahkiakum lawsuit, state test scores, and student mental health (Sept. 13, 2023)
- Inside Olympia: Internet for all, housing as health care. Interviews with Mark Vasconi, director, Washington Statewide Broadband Office, and Melodi Pazolt and Scott Tankersley on the state's new Apple Health 'Housing as Health Care' program. (Sept. 8, 2023)
- Rep. Chris Corry joins Austin Jenkins on TVW's Inside Olympia to discuss new role as ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, House Republican priorities
- Rep. Jim Walsh discusses the state's cap-and-trade program, rising gas prices and legislative solutions
- Rep. Jim Walsh discusses the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, and concerns about the Pirola variant
- KING 5 interviews Rep. Gina Mosbrucker on Cody's Law
- Rep. Travis Couture joins Brandi Kruse to voice concern over judge's low/no bail decisions and more
- How regressive Democratic policies increased Washington’s gas prices
- How Republican resolve led to stronger state drug possession reforms
- Watch: House floor debate highlights
- The Democrats’ unfair and unpopular long-term care insurance program and payroll tax
- Holding state government accountable: Media coverage of Inslee Administration problems
Listen | Radio Interviews & Reports
- Rep. Jim Walsh expresses concerns to KXL's Lars Larson over California school book policy; Thinks it may spur similar legislation in Washington
- Rep. Jim Walsh talks with KXRO Radio about proposed sex offender registry changes
- Rep. April Connors unveils CAR gas rebate program on KVI's Ari Hoffman show
- Rep. Connors discusses proposal with KTTH's Jason Rantz to provide rebate relief at the gas pump
- Rep. Jim Walsh explains why cap-and-trade policies have kept state gas prices high
- More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5 (Associated Press)
- All you need to know about the return of federal student loan payments (Politico)
- Why rising long-term rates could ripple across the economy (Axios)
- Rising cyberattacks on schools put students at risk (The Hill)
- Americans finally start to feel the sting from the Fed’s rate hikes (The Wall Street Journal)
The Current | A Caucus Email Update
- April 21, 2023: State budgets; no new tax increases for now; no Blake fix yet; bad bills that have passed the Legislature; and good House Republican bills that have been sent to the governor.
- April 14, 2023: State budgets; advisory votes; vehicular pursuits; the Blake Fake; parental rights; and the Democrats’ new tax increase proposals.
- April 7, 2023: The state operating, transportation and capital budgets; the possibility of new tax increases; an update on important public safety bills; and bad Senate bills – including Senate Bill 5082 (abolishing advisory votes) and Senate Bill 5217 (ergonomics).
- March 31, 2023: House operating, transportation and capital budget proposals; House Republican opposition to an increase in real estate excise taxes (REET); and an update on two major public safety measures – Senate Bill 5352 (vehicular pursuits) and Senate Bill 5536 (drug possession and treatment).
- March 24, 2023: The Washington State Supreme Court ruling on the Democrats' capital gains tax, the revenue forecast and state budgets.