Paul Queary

The money at both the state and the local levels — more than $700 million per year — would be largely earmarked for affordable housing.

Exactly how those costs of a transition away from natural gas get passed on to the ratepayers figures to be the real sticking point.

The existing working families tax credit has friends on both sides of the aisle.

The capital gains tax was the most consequential piece of tax policy passed in Washington in decades, and the Supremes’ ruling could drastically reshape politics by putting other progressive taxes that have long been illegal here back on the table.

Balked at in Congress, newspapers take their case to Olympia, where AG Ferguson is happy to help.

Look for Big Garbage, Big Groceries, and Big Soda to play aggressively here, opposing an onerous solution.

Gov. Inslee is raising some money, but probably not for another gubernatorial run, while Bob Ferguson has millions left over from early easy races.

The Democratic majorities in the Legislature have been pretty green in recent years.

It’s looking like a bad year for Trump-loving election deniers in Washington state.

The PAC, which is closely tied to the House GOP leadership, is running ads like one tying Schrier to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and higher taxes. The money comes from absolutely massive donations from some of the fattest cats in Republican politics.