Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
Cliff Mass burrows even further into the hearts and minds of weather-addled Washingtonians; Gregoire picks Boeing and Alaska Airlines execs to turn around the UW; The real reason Washington's GOP has been so trigger-happy on the initiative front.
The legislature winds up for a state bank; Publicola plays referee on the state's tax breaks analysis; Sam Hunt is still trying to play the Costco as enabler card.
They're lining up at the starting gate for a try at the 1st congressional seat, perhaps the most competitive district in America. Urban problems spill into the West's national parks. Don't light up in the car, parents.
The state's revenue forecaster steps down (Can you blame him?); The Associated Press' rose-tinted marriage equality glasses; Greg Nickels returns to local politics.
It's controversy week. The legislature weighs private charter schools, a fee for oil companies, and state scholarships for undocumented immigrants.
