Public records obtained by OPB suggest the scope of the Blazers’ campaign for public funds to pay for Moda renovations.
From a staff trip to North Carolina, to implicit threats to relocate the team, to nudging from Nike’s CEO, the documents pull back the curtain on months of private talks:
The biggest takeaway from the supplemental budget negotiations this year in Washington is: at least we’re not Oregon.
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It’s over. Goodbye, session 2026.
Aaaand it’s dead.
This session’s transportation budgets, operating budgets, and capital budgets are all passed.
Unlikely the Mosquito Fleet Act sponsored by Rep. Greg Nance, D-Bainbridge Island, which would’ve supported small passenger only ferries, is resolved tonight.
We’re back inside
Authorities say smoke was detected on the first floor by the men’s bathroom.
Fire department on scene now at the state capitol building after a fire alarm went off.
Dang. Fire alarms went off. Guess the session isn’t over yet. Or is it?
NEWS: It appears WA state lawmakers are voting through a supplemental budget after all. Looks like we’re getting out on time.
An image of WA state House speaker Laurie Jenkins presiding over a House floor session
And just like that, WA state lawmakers just gutted $150M tax breaks for AI data centers dotting the state.
TLDR: The party of Big Tech bites Big tech.
Rumor around the rotunda says WA Dems are prepared to gavel out tonight without a supplemental budget.
Special session could be in the cards. More to come.
The U.S. job market is getting so bad, people might just start chasing their dreams.
An image of a Trade Federation warship blockading the planet Naboo as seen in Star Wars the Phantom Menace.
Turns out blockading a small gas rich state with an army of robots wasn’t a far-fetched story after all.
Our apologies, Mr. Lucas.
You gotta love seeing The Other Washington finally paying attention to This Washington.
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Washington Democrats debated day and night to push a millionaires tax to the finish as their ranks splintered on the House floor. 🫏 💸
The billions it could reap may be illegal...unless Gov. Bob Ferguson's court has anything to say about it. #waleg
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An image of WA state House Speaker Laurie Jenkins, D-Tacoma, presiding over a House floor session during which lawmakers passed a 9.9% tax on millionaires.
BREAKING NEWS: WA state lawmakers took a big bite out of the rich just now, with the House voting a 9.9% tax on millionaires through after 24 hrs of debate (restroom breaks included).
Suffice to say, lawmakers have adjourned.
NEWS: WA lawmakers are STILL duking it out on the House floor after a night of debating the 9.9% millionaires tax.
Rep. Natasha Hill, D-Spokane, speaking in favor of the bill, quotes Octavia Butler’s The Parable of the Sower.
“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change, Changes you.”
The taxman cometh in Olympia where state lawmakers are floating tax hikes on stuff you might see less of: smokes, luxury jets, Big Data centers. ✈️
One proposal may cut into Gov. Bob Ferguson's sales tax holiday, but up relief for families. 💸👩👩👧👦 #waleg
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This comes as lawmakers are mulling a nearly 10% income on millionaires.
It may be inevitable the Supremes revisit the high court’s Great Depression-era decision on the illegality of a graduated state income tax.
WA Gov. Bob Ferguson (left) introduces his pick for the state Supreme Court, attorney Theodore J. Angelis (right) at the Temple of Justice
NEWS: Gov. Bob Ferguson denies he discussed the prospect of an income tax being ruled on by the Supremes when he picked Theodore J. Angelis, a Seattle attorney, to succeed Justice Barbara Madsen.
“In my perspective, that would inappropriate.”
A mother turns to you in the checkout line, her eyes bloodshot, her kid spinning around in circles, singing the song at the top of her lungs.
That song.
“She just watched Frozen for the first time last night.”
Mom picks ear plugs out of her cart. The next 18 months in a nutshell.
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place. Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it." With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026. 7um Jing FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Credit: Bystander Matthew 19:14 John 11:35 There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
New Yorker?
“Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson came out of her city’s socialist wing to win an underdog campaign in November on a platform of building public housing and taking on “bad actor” landlords while also removing barriers to growth.”
Says a lot that the very premise of the original Dune novel is that humanity reaches the stars only after they’ve defeated AI and banned thinking machines from every corner of society.
I’m old enough to remember when it was at 50,000.
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