State Senator Jim Kastama, Democrat from the 25th legislative district and the fine city of Puyallup, has introduced SB 6409, a bill that would shift the Washington State Lottery proceeds currently devoted to the K-12 construction fund to a new “Washington Investment in Excellence” fund, which would fund scholarships, research, and innovation in higher education.…

Despite the fact that Washington state politics never ranges beyond the relatively narrow spectrum of the rest of the country–from slightly right of center to a fair bit farther right—Washington politicians will often claim such labels as “liberal” or “progressive.”  And almost all of them can be counted on in the clutch to call themselves…

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