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The Daily Briefing – August 21, 2026
Nothing says “neutral ballot language” like a government warning about what happens if voters dare to repeal a tax that hasn’t even collected a dime yet.
The Daily Briefing – August 20, 2026
Democrats already run Olympia. Now they want the keys, the gas pedal and no speed limit.
The Daily Briefing – August 19, 2026
King County can’t keep up with homelessness and crime, but it somehow found time to create an ICE flight hall monitor job.
The Daily Briefing – August 18, 2026
If GOP Rep. Travis Couture is right, Washington Democrats aren’t planning to pump the brakes—they’re planning to hit the gas.
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.