Budget deal close, legislative leaders say
Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler and House Appropriations Chairman Timm Ormsby say negotiators are close to a budget deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler and House Appropriations Chairman Timm Ormsby say negotiators are close to a budget deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown.
Needing extra time to get the work done has been the rule, not the exception, for the Legislature.
Sen. Patty Murray grills Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Hanford cleanup
Second special session ended and a third one started Wednesday as the governor threatened to veto any stop-gap budget measure.
Washington's economic forecast up slightly but not likely to be a factor in a budget deal.
Old Glory not the only flag seen around Olympia last week.
Trying to explain what lawmakers are doing to visitors to the Capitol isn't always easy.
Gov. Jay Inslee helped raise the Rainbow flag over the Capitol Campus Friday and said the state succeeds, in part, because it is accepts people for who they are.
More than half way through the 2nd Special Session of the 2017 Legislature, and the Capitol campus is pretty quiet. We explain just how quiet, inside the blog.
President Donald Trump says he wants his original travel ban, not the "watered down" version before the Supreme Court. Then you shoulda stuck with that one, Attorney General Bob Ferguson says.
Pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord sets up a new alliance looking for other members. How far it will divide the country is hard to say.
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