CA to send voter registration cards to Obamacare applicants Facing legal action from the ACLU and rights groups over federal voter registration laws, California will send applications to about 3.8 million residents who applied under the Affordable Care Act. Under a deal announced Monday by several voting-rights groups, the state will send voter registration cards to nearly…
Compromising won’t help get to $15 Now It’s the dog days of a Seattle winter, and tempers are growing short. The initial enthusiasm for a $15 an hour minimum wage remains strong, but it has been joined by a more contentious hashing out of the details of how we get there—and who is included. 68%…
King County Walker preaches to choir while protesters mass outside Hundreds protest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s appearance in Seattle. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker brought his fiery brand of Republican politics to Seattle on Thursday night, describing at a think-tank fundraiser how he believes conservatives can “reclaim our country.” With some 300 demonstrators outside the downtown Sheraton…
The State Will Hanford ever be cleaned up? Double-shell Tank AY-102 is shown under construction in 1969. The tank has sprung a leak of radioactive waste from its inner shell into the containment area of its outer shell. For 42 years, tank AY-102 has stored some of the deadliest material at one of the most…
The State Carrell’s death leaves Senate in a tie and could turn chamber upside down all over again Suddenly the opposing forces are in a tie. The Republican-leaning Majority Coalition Caucus, which had a bare one-vote advantage, now has 24 votes. The Senate Democratic Caucus also has 24 votes. And if at any point a…
King County Gregoire, once insulted by McGinn, endorses Murray She has lived most of her adult life in Olympia, but ex-Gov. Chris Gregoire is spending her political capital 65 miles up Interstate 5 from the State Capitol: Gregoire is endorsing state Sen. Ed Murray (D-43) for mayor of Seattle. “Throughout his career, Ed Murray has taken…
King County Steinbrueck knows how to build, but can he build a campaign? Bestselling author Robert Fulghum delivered the warmup at Sunday’s Peter Steinbrueck-for-Mayor campaign kickoff, and described a candidate that Seattle voters could hire to do several jobs. “He is a fine carpenter — he has done work at my house,” said Fulghum. “He…
King County A light weekend for King County-specific government and political hard news, but two veteran local columnists sure had plenty to say: Dems keep shooting themselves in foot Westneat How can legislators keep introducing a bill they don’t support? Because not only are they sometimes not reading their bills. They aren’t writing them, either….
King County According to Rob McKenna, two legislative districts, entirely in Seattle (36, 43), provided the victory margin that elected Jay Inslee and extended Democrats’ 28-year occupancy of the Washington governor’s office. Yeah? So? What does he think we’re here for anyway? Seattle P-I, 1-25-13 . State A Senate bill introduced Monday by Don Benton (R-17,…