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The Daily Briefing – August 17, 2026
Washington Democrats still think schools should have more say over your child than you do.
The Daily Briefing – August 14, 2026
The Spokane Complex Fires may be winding down, but after years of Democratic control in Olympia and repeated warnings about unhealthy forests, the question is why Washington wasn’t better prepared.
The Daily Briefing – August 13, 2026
A week after voters picked her for the November ballot, Democrat Krista Rose Perez has a five-car crash and a jail booking to explain.
The Daily Briefing – August 12, 2026
Nothing says “independent government process” quite like the law firm defending Democrats’ new income tax helping the Attorney General’s Office shape how voters will see the effort to repeal it.
The Daily Briefing – August 11, 2026
Why let voters decide for themselves when Olympia can write the question, the warning and the fine print?
The Daily Briefing – August 7, 2026
While voters were still deciding the 2024 race, Washington’s Attorney General’s Office was already coordinating with nearly two dozen other Democratic AGs to prepare lawsuits against Donald Trump.
The Daily Briefing – August 6, 2026
The ballots keep coming in, and so do the reminders that nothing in Washington politics is ever quite as settled as it looks on election night.
The Daily Briefing – August 5, 2026
The battle over Washington’s highest court is now officially on—and so is the fight over the future of the state’s income tax.
The Daily Briefing – August 4, 2026
After years of higher taxes, bigger budgets, and more government, Washington voters finally get a chance to decide whether Democrats deserve another term—or a timeout.
The Daily Briefing – August 3, 2026
Primary Day arrives: the ballot box narrows the field, but the political drama is just getting started.
The Daily Briefing – July 31, 2026
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez talks affordability and fiscal responsibility on the campaign trail, then votes against major tax relief and stays silent on Washington’s new income tax.
The Daily Briefing – July 30, 2026
Progressive lawmakers set impossible emissions targets, banned reliable power, taxed energy into the stratosphere, and now act shocked that the grid and the wallet can’t keep up.