What Happened in Olympia With the $15 Billion Transportation Package

Funding for expanding light rail throughout Puget Sound has, finally, passed the state Senate. But it's not clear there's enough funding, or whether major concessions made to Republicans were worth it. WA.GOV
The politics of state legislatures are a bitch to even think about. Dip your toe in and you get swallowed by the minutiae of partisan infighting over parliamentary rules and who's a part of what hastily-cobbled-together coalition—all of which is going on with the wra