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Per an email sent moments ago. Specific numbers were not provided, but I heard unofficially it was "not close". Hopefully we get more detailed information soon.

There’s obviously a lot of very strong feelings around this discussion, and legitimate arguments both for and against accepting the proposal before us. I wanted to briefly talk through what I see as the most salient points against voting to accept, and hear what other people have to say.

So we’re on the same page, some of the most significant proposals in the TA include:

• No general wage adjustment in 2027, but more discussion later about an adjustment in 2028. Critically, this leaves the door open for a wage cut in 2028.
• 1 additional day off in each year of the agreement (which I’m valuing as 0.38% of your salary, since it’s 1/261 of the days we are paid for).
• Preserve 85/15 split

It seems like every election there are a number of people who find they don’t really know what the issues are or understand what the candidates really stand for. This is especially true for local elections like school boards, county commissioners, judges, etc. So I thought it might be useful to people to share some of my research, and invite others to contribute what they know. Ballots will begin arriving in a couple of days for the primary, so I thought now would be a good time to put this out.

There are five seats on the Washington Supreme Court up for election this year, which means the ideological bent of the whole court is up for grabs. Of those five races, four have more than two cand

I happened to notice that OFM has uploaded the results of the June 2026 salary survey to their website (which you can find here). The data dashboard hasn’t been updated yet, but here’s a few marquee takeaways:

• The 2024 report showed a -18.2% lag for the market midpoint compensation across all benchmark jobs in 2024 and -18.7% lag in 2022.
• That amount was reduced slightly to a -16.4% lag at the market midpoint in 2026.
• When factoring in total compensation, the state lags the market by -12.9% across all benchmark jobs in 2026.
• Market segments that were furthest behind market averages