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WA tax agency pressured to end controversial secrecy policy
The Department of Revenue said it could use legislative privilege to keep records private, but nixed the policy after criticism from Gov. Inslee’s office.
Joseph O’Sullivan
Joseph O’Sullivan is Crosscut’s former state politics reporter. Before joining Crosscut in 2022, O’Sullivan spent nearly eight years as Olympia bureau reporter for The Seattle Times. Before that, he c
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$70.9B WA budget proposal boosts funding for behavioral health
Washington lawmakers will offer their own proposals in the legislative session that begins next month.
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Police pursuits measure likely headed to Washington’s 2024 ballot
Let’s Go Washington announced Tuesday it is submitting petitions for an initiative to loosen restrictions around when law enforcement
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Police pursuits measure likely headed to Washington’s 2024 ballot
Let’s Go Washington announced Tuesday it is submitting petitions for an initiative to loosen restrictions around when law enforcement
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WA conservatives submit signatures for parents’-rights proposal
The group Let’s Go Washington on Tuesday announced it is submitting signatures to put on the ballot a parents’