Legislative Commentary

We met as a full Senate last Monday to formally begin this overtime period; quite a number of senators remained at the Capitol much of the week to take part in budget talks, committee meetings and, in my case, work at the leadership level toward moving things along so we can adjourn for the year.

My office calendar shows the new House Republican leader came to talk, as did the governor’s legislative director, the superintendent of public instruction, the state auditor, the state treasurer, and Association of Washington Business vice president Gary Chandler (if that name rings a bell, it’s beca...