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Opinion

Fully Funding Washington’s Education System Means Legislators Must Find Their Backbones

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by Marilyn Watkins

Washington’s legislature launches a 60-day session January 11. As in the past several years, their biggest challenge will be money – how to adequately fund schools without slashing the other services necessary to protect the health and safety of our state’s people. Continue reading Fully Funding Washington’s Education System Means Legislators Must Find Their Backbones →

Commentary, Politics

Primer for the 2015 Washington State Legislative Session

by John Stafford

The 2015 Washington State Legislative Session promises to be one of the most contentious and momentous in recent state history.  The following is a brief summary of ten of the most critical issues (not ranked by importance) that will be addressed in Olympia over the next several months. Continue reading Primer for the 2015 Washington State Legislative Session →