Campaign Finance

A Thurston County Superior Court judge has paused a civil trial involving anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman after a state attorney informed the court that a family member of a member of its legal team had become ill.

Washington is seeking to bar initiative promoter Tim Eyman from having any future financial control of political committees as a judge hears arguments that he solicited kickbacks, laundered donations and flouted campaign finance law in a long-running scheme to enrich himself.

Everytown For Gun Safety makes $250,000 donation to Brown re-election campaign after she signs measures tightening state's firearms laws.

Candidates Kevin Barton and Max Wall have raised nearly $500,000, with no signs of letting up. That's unprecedented for a prosecutor's race.  

A consultant linked to billionaire George Soros has started a political action committee in Oregon. 

Earlier this month, an obscure company known as Oregon Healthcare Enterprises donated $400,000 to the Oregon Hospital Political Action Committee.  

Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz wants to revive publicly financed elections. She's proposing a matching fund  designed to make small donations count for more.  

Commissioner Amanda Fritz is leading an effort to revive a public finance system, but with stronger oversight and tougher penalties for violators than what Portland abandoned in 2010.