February 22, 2024
The Lil Gift Card Bill That Could
Sup Baller— This week was house of origin cutoff which means another huge swath of bills just croaked, including a few more of ours. If you’re counting, today we are…
February 15, 2024
Short Session’s No Excuse
My dear — We’re over halfway through session now. Two committee cutoffs are behind us and legislators’ hands are 🩸blooooody🩸from all the bills they have killed (nvm the starving children…
February 8, 2024
Thinking Astrologically
Starshine– Welcome to week four! Yesterday was the first cutoff and we are feeling ✨ enlightened ✨ since all of our Top Eleven made it through! Don’t worry, your eyes…
February 2, 2024
How to Sit and Wait Faster
Pals– We’ve hit week three which means we are nearing the halfway mark. Next Wednesday, January 31st is the first cutoff date so if bills don’t get to moving past…
January 23, 2024
Hey June, Don’t Make It Bad
Friends– Welcome to Week 2 of 2024 leg session. Remember when your inbox was empty? Us too. Let’s pop some Tums for that anxiety gut rot and get into it.…
January 23, 2024
Welcome Back to Olympia
Hey Capitol Barbies, Welcome to week one of the 2024 Legislative Session! Nothing says Barbie Dreamhouse like those grand marble steps and our Community Whip Count & Tally in hand.…
January 17, 2024
Are You Ready? Our Top Ten is Here!
Hey snowpals – As the year comes to an end we wanted to get you all prepped for a fast-paced, fully-packed, questionably-calendared short legislative session beginning on Monday, January 8th.…
October 12, 2023
An analysis of rising poverty in Washington State
In recent weeks, you may have seen troubling national headlines such as “Child poverty more than doubles — a year after hitting record low, Census data shows” and “Poverty Rate…
July 21, 2023
The Importance of Top-Ticket Election Data by LD
We see state legislature election results on a legislative district level all the time, but we rarely see how other candidates—for instance, candidates running statewide—perform at the state legislative district…
