The Politics Blog

Brad Shannon maintains this blog. He is political editor at The Olympian and can be reached at 360-753-1688 or bshannon@theolympian.com.

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Brad Shannon
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  • Olympia's Denny Heck kicks off campaign, says he'd work for jobs as lawmaker

    posted 07:28 PM 02/04

    Democrat Denny Heck formally kicked off the Thurston County leg of his congressional campaign today, playing up his three-decade-old connection to Olympia and pledging to work for a “Chevy truck economy – built to last” in America.

  • Heck kickoff today; Democrats' chair to speak in Lacey

    posted 07:07 PM 02/03

    Two things: Denny Heck finally kicks off the Thurston County leg of his congressional campaign at 11 a.m. today [Saturday] at the Olympia Ballroom in Olympia. The recent snowstorm delayed the event from two weeks ago – and details about it, including his two Republican opponents, are here.

  • Beaver bill gets testimony from man named Neil Beaver

    posted 11:30 AM 02/06

    The only person to testify on a bill dealing with beaver relocation today was a man named Neil Beaver.

  • What's alive, what's dead

    posted 11:36 AM 02/03

    With nearly all of the policy committees finished with their work ahead of today's cutoff deadline, it's a good time to check in with a few of the proposals that we've written about over the past few weeks and how they fared.

  • House GOP lays out education budget

    posted 05:01 PM 02/02

    House Republicans laid out their “fund education first” proposal today, but its clarity and transparency came immediately into question. The plan, as proffered by four lawmakers led by Rep. Bruce Dammeier of Puyallup, would spend $580 million more than Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed for K-12 schools in her November budget.

  • Postscript on same sex marriage vote

    posted 02:33 PM 02/02

    The state Senate is moving on to budget matters today. And Washington’s same-sex marriage bill - approved 28-to-21 by the Senate last night – is moving to the House Judiciary Committee for an 8 a.m. hearing on Monday.