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July 20th, 2016 - 7:28 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene

Law Suit Threatens to Close WASTATE Public Schools

State schools chief Randy Dorn filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Seattle Public Schools and six other districts alleging that they illegally rely on local levies to fund basic education.   (from Seattle Times) The seven school districts, which the lawsuit says are named as examples, are Seattle, [...]

January 19th, 2015 - 11:13 am § in Politics

The GOP’s state budget is stupid and unworkable

Somewhat surprisingly, Washington’s GOP legislators sound like they want to comply with McCleary, and also fund the class size initiative. But they’re still adamantly opposed to raising taxes or new revenues. So what’s their hat trick? After all, we’re talking billions of dol[...]