Today we'll take a short respite from political stuff to briefly note the general wailing, rending of garments and gnashing of teeth in Puget Sound over the fact that, gasp, for the next couple of days, temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s! "If…
Here's an online cartoon that's been circulating widely among politicos for the past week. It lampoons both Bush and Kerry. Make sure you have the volume up -- the lyrics, sung to the tune of "This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land"…
"You make government feel. You make it real. That's the deal." U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, rallying state workers outside the National Governors' Association meeting in Seattle Saturday.
"Gov. Locke, we were here when you came. By God, we're going to be here when you go. In fact, you're going to leave and nobody's going to miss you. But if we leave, everyone's going to miss us. This state wouldn't run without us."…
"Stay. And of course go to the Nordstrom Annual Sale." Gov. Gary Locke, in full booster mode, welcoming the nation's governors to this past weekend's National Governors' Association conference in Seattle. The governor also took pains to point out that Seattle last summer had something…
In two months, Washingtonians will do something they haven't done since the mid-1930s -- vote from among just one party's candidates in the primary. The courts have thrown out Washington's "blanket primary," which allowed people to pick among Democrats, say, for one position and Republicans…
Short takes and breaking news from the Washington Legislature and the state capital.
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