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Giving the income tax back before its enacted
About that $100M for cops... and some cutoff casualties
 • Paul Queary, Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Rowan Herbst Minino
Farm worker unionization faces headwinds
Plus moving local elections to even-numbered years and some recommend reading
 • Rowan Herbst Minino, Jonathan Martin, and Tim Gruver
The Walmart tax
The underground economy, defining who is media, booming Bothell, and a park dog.
 • Jonathan Martin, Tim Gruver, and Paul Queary
The legislative deadpool
Odd tax votes, farm worker rights, toxic tires, political violence, and some shameless sports pandering.
 • Paul Queary, Rowan Herbst Minino, Tim Gruver, and Jonathan Martin
Big Pharma v The Hospitals, cont'd.
Plus the income tax fiscal note, overseeing security guards, long days for fiscal committees, and dealing with the penny's exit
 • Jonathan Martin, Paul Queary, and Rowan Herbst Minino
A campaign against sideboards on pay transparency
Plus medical tourism, unionizing security guards and some recommended reading
 • Tim Gruver, Jonathan Martin, and Paul Queary
Tax fairness vs. revenue sufficiency
Plus an update on that tort bomb and some recommended reading
 • Paul Queary, Jonathan Martin, and Tim Gruver
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