Mayors traveling on public tab and -- learning. An embarrassing lawsuit for King County. Olympia: Pam Roach speaks up. Party on, Beacon Hill food activists!
Another high-level Hanford official has quit, after the Department of Energy ignored a memo he sent warning about potential meltdowns at the nuclear ranch's waste treatment facility, currently under construction.
Crosscut sent Matt Fikse-Verkerk to Olympia last night to gauge the party - and the mood in the State Capitol as Jay Inslee and company celebrated his swearing in.