Politics A task force may out-do Inslee, McKenna on education money The state Supreme Court is trying to compel lawmakers to comply with its 2012 McCleary mandate to fully fund education. by Dick Nelson / August 14, 2012
Politics Inslee, McKenna map paths to helping businesses A business on Seattle's Capitol Hill announces its closure (2008). by Dick Nelson / June 28, 2012
Politics Potholes forever: the state's transportation-funding impasse A highway construction project. by Dick Nelson / June 17, 2012
Politics Saving state universities requires a key ingredient A scene from the University of Washington campus by Dick Nelson / June 10, 2012
Politics Governor candidates need to fact-check their own assumptions about revenue growth Congressman Jay Inslee. by Dick Nelson / May 24, 2012
Politics What Gregoire's late embrace of education taxes means Gov. Chris Gregoire at a 2011 event in Seattle. by Dick Nelson / May 14, 2012
Politics How D.C.'s budget cutting harms state taxpayers U.S. Capitol Building by Dick Nelson / August 2, 2012
Politics Let's put a state income tax back on the table Washington State Capitol by Dick Nelson / July 12, 2012
So long, 'Queen Charlotte Islands' The tangled politics of renaming lands for First Nation peoples. The Queen Charlotte Islands are now Haida Gwaii. Should Victoria then be renamed Camosack? by Benjamin Lukoff / December 15, 2009