Caffeinated news & gossip starring: U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers vs. President Obama; Nick Licata vs. towing companies; all the 36th District candidates vs. each other, and more.
After businesses have spent already millions, Washington's high court is about to review the voter-approved measure disbanding Washington's liquor store system. Some states have courts review measures before a public vote. Does California have a better idea?
Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring: More bad news for the tunnel; Democratic campaign expenditures; city hall departures; Jay Inslee at NARAL luncheon; and more.
Rob McKenna may be doing well, but can he defy the gravity of demographics? Democrats float a short-termer to fill 1st Congressional District seat. Everett loses City Councilmember Drew Nielsen to rafting accident.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell both like to specify where tax dollars will be spent: in their home states of Ohio and Kentucky, respectively, for instance.
POLITICO
Questions grow on tax exemption for Great Wolf Lodge
Austin Jenkins reports that internal emails raise questions about Washington state's decision to exempt a lodge from taxation on the grounds that it is a tribal enterprise. A federal court ruling against the exemption is under appeal.
NEWS TRIBUNE (TACOMA)
Pump price thuggery: The experience of Washington, Oregon drivers
Everywhere else, gasoline prices are falling but they soared 20 percent in the Northwest over the weekend. Oil companies' 'polite' explanation? No interviews.
THE OREGONIAN
Ross Douthat: Why the bipartisan center fails to create a 3rd party
It used to be said that third parties were like bees: They could sting but then they would die. These days, they don't even recognize the need to sting.
Legislation to finance a $490 million sports arena in SoDo could be on its way to the city and county councils after Mayor Mike McGinn, King County Executive Dow Constantine, and hedge fund manager Chris Hansen apparently reach an agreement.