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Austin Jenkins

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Austin Jenkins is the Olympia-based political reporter for Northwest News Network, a consortium of public radio stations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. He is host of "Inside Olympia" on TVW, and he blogs at WALedge.com. You can e-mail him at ajenkins@kuow.com.
Active since April 2007
Stories by Austin Jenkins
House D's might 'securitize' to help state budget
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWGregoire can bring lawmakers to Olympia, but what will they do?
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWUpdate: PDC rejects settlement in case involving liberal ousting of conservative Democratic senator
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWGregoire issues first pardons since Lakewood shootings
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWGoing or staying? Gregoire rejected Supreme Court talk
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWGregoire: I want to finish my work here
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWRossi is coy but signs point to a run for Senate
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe Democrats’ tax package was poll-tested
READ MORE | 8 COMMENTSShowdown on the sales tax
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSOlympia's faux-Sine-Die moment
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSDemocrats tied in knots while voters look for clear solutions
READ MORE | 15 COMMENTSWhat would Republicans do about the state budget?
READ MORE | 16 COMMENTSSales tax increase rises from its political grave
READ MORE | 8 COMMENTSWhat would Dick Cheney say?
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWA whiff of mutiny among Democrats in Olympia
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSA Pyrrhic victory for school funding advocates?
READ MORE | 6 COMMENTSLabor tightens the screws on Democrats in the legislature
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSSpeaker Chopp unfurls his tax roadmap
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSYear of the tax dragon
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSLike a natural disaster, without the upside
READ MORE | 6 COMMENTSGregoire signals new willingness to talk taxes
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSIn Olympia, recession is looking like an opportunity missed
READ MORE | 10 COMMENTSGovernor Snakebit
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSGov. Gregoire's surprising signal on taxes
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSTurbulence watch on the state's economy
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSGathering storms for Democrats in Olympia
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSIs Gregoire doing enough to sweet-talk Boeing?
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSWhat hath Olympia wrought?
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSLatest polling doesn't bode well for a tax vote
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSNo sales tax boost? Not so fast.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWPoll results apparently nix a sales tax proposal
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWGov. Gregoire's disappearing act
READ MORE | 7 COMMENTSSlow going in tax talks
READ MORE | 14 COMMENTSBack-of-the-napkin doodles by Democrats
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWTax hikes? Who, us?
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWStiffing the public on the big budget issues in Olympia
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWPlunging revenues mean a coming tax vote
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWho will succeed Gov. Gregoire?
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWIn Olympia, it's a whole new agenda
READ MORE | 7 COMMENTSHope frozen in time
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWCountry club Republicans and Democrats
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe governor releases her IRS return; Dino Rossi still won't
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWDino Rossi refuses to release his federal tax returns; the governor hasn't decided
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSThe Rossi contributor behind that traffic survey
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWGregoire and Rossi, together again
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe Washington gubernatorial race goes hybrid
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWinter in late April
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWA departing swing-district Democrat takes a few swings
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTS'Save Our Sonics' banner flying over Olympia
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWRep. Helen Sommers will indeed retire
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe speaker ducks a desperate homeowner
READ MORE | COMMENT NOW'The Highway of Death' and taxes
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTS2009 will be the year of health-care reform in Washington
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWhat? Are the caucuses on Sunday?
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWPolitical fodder for the state GOP: a very red budget outlook
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe governor robs the GOP of ammo: deficit data
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe number for Democratic legislators to remember: 133
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSUnlike father, unlike son: The Gardners are split on 'death with dignity'
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSThe campaign begins to legalize physician-assisted suicide
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSGovernor Gregoire says she'll sue EPA Over clean car standards
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWord is Rep. Helen Sommers might retire, and she's not commenting
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSA Democrat in Olympia thinks his party has panicked over I-747
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWIn Olympia, a shouting match: Tim Eyman vs. state Sen. Adam Kline
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWashington lawmakers plan to pass a major highway-tolling bill
READ MORE | 10 COMMENTSBallot measures update: I-960 and R-4204
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWTo Kelso by way of Pullman, Moscow, and Ireland
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSSpeaking to the Thomas Wales Foundation, John McKay lets the Justice Department have it
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSWashington Democrats and the GOP commence mud-slinging
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSPurgatory in Tacoma: update
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSPurgatory in Tacoma
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWShake-up at the Washington governor's mansion
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSAnother gubernatorial speechwriter bites the dust
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSThe 2008 campaign for governor is begun
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSDemocrats try on the idea of Lisa Brown for governor in 2012
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSOutside gay-rights supporters quietly targeted Northwest legislative races in 2006
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSDemocrats feel accomplished, Republicans can only wait, and everybody's exhausted
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSWashington House members answer to a higher authority: the piggy-bank cop
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSThe Democrats try to restrain themselves for the sake of the kittens
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSThe wheels are coming off paid-family-leave legislation
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWAn executive session is scheduled on the Sonics arena
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSReading the full, depressing report on parole supervision
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSFrank Chopp breaks radio silence
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