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Mary Strow

January 13 , 2016 - Mary Strow

InFocus podcast: First week of 2016 legislative session


January 11 , 2016 - Mary Strow

2016 Legislative Session Begins Today

The state legislature convenes today, Jan. 11. This year is a short session, 60 days. It's also a "supplemental" budget year, which means lawmakers make relatively minor changes to the larger two-year budget they approved last session. Budget-wise, as we noted in an earlier post on Gov. Inslee's proposed supplemental budget, one of the big […]


January 07 , 2016 - Mary Strow

Another charter-school bill is coming

*UPDATE* We've just received a copy of the bill – click here to read it. A bipartisan group of legislators is backing legislation that will allow Washington's public charter schools to stay open. The bill "makes a series of updates which include directing charter school funding to come from the state’s Opportunity Pathways Account, which contains […]


January 06 , 2016 - Mary Strow

Policy Today podcast: Preview of 2016 Legislative Session


December 16 , 2015 - Mary Strow

Policy Today podcast: Comparing county spending, revenues


December 14 , 2015 - Mary Strow

InFocus podcast: State expenditures, health plan enrollments, Ex-Im Bank and aerospace news


December 10 , 2015 - Mary Strow

Policy Today podcast, Common Ground edition: Sen. Christine Rolfes on McCleary


December 04 , 2015 - Mary Strow

Policy Today podcast: Business Taxes – How Washington Ranks


December 01 , 2015 - Mary Strow

InFocus podcast: State employment, revenue forecast, charter schools & cell-phone taxes


November 24 , 2015 - Mary Strow

Policy Today podcast: Hon. David Matsuda on keeping Washington's maritime trade sector competitive