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A surprise bill from the Supremes
The state Supreme Court last week handed the Washington Legislature a surprise bill that could be well into the 9 figures, ruling that adult family home workers are entitled to actually make the minimum wage, even if they are live-in worker...
Union millions to protect the millionaire’s tax
Last month we brought you news of some right-leaning millionaires putting up cash for a campaign to repeal the state’s new income tax on its highest earners. Since then, conservative initiative machine Let’s Go Washington has turned in more...
An AI money bomb in North Seattle
Plus a grim ferry workers poll, a messy chat about torts, and the Supremes hand farmers a bill.
The intra-party battle for a state House seat in Seattle’s reliably left 46th LD features some standard-fare, red-meat (or in this district, bl...
Big Biomass eyes new waters
Facebook fallout, Portlandia on the ballot in Oregon, and a heat check.
A wood pellet plant in the works near Aberdeen has caught a local middle school in a neighbor war over two kinds of green.
A looming boondoggle at Harborview
Plus civil rights vs. the HOA and some more campaign cash news
When things go wrong in government, especially in public infrastructure projects, elected officials often try to save face with tight smiles and platitudes worthy of a halftime...
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Veteran political journalist, recovering hired communications gun, writing about politics, government and the influence thereof in Washington State.
Poynter-Koch Media 2020 Fellow reporting for The Washington Observer on housing + labor + politics in the Evergreen State. E: [email protected] www.thetimgruver.com
A lifelong journalist in Washington and legacy media refugee with an interest in politics, policy and influence. A UW grad, Michigan fellow and amateur potter.
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