The 14 year-old migrant workers in Skagit Valley went back to work in late July.  These children finger the jagged edges of American racial and economic inequality on a daily basis, so they probably didn’t notice the fact that part of their future was sacrificed to the politics of the Washington State Legislature.   Familias…

So just in case you haven’t read enough Olympia post mortems, here’s the blog sine die edition, with a special recurring tax theme. The legislature finally put a stop to the bi-partisan tax increases they’ve been leveling on students for the last four years.  Next year, there will be no higher ed tuition increases.  Both…

Perhaps in an effort to show the limits of thinking in 140 or fewer characters, the Senate Republicans and the Senate Republicans plus Rodney Tom and the other guy tweeted the same thing at the same time yesterday: Maj Coalition Caucus ‏@WashingtonMCC Question: Is it time for a small tuition CUT? #UW #WSU #WWU #CWU…