At the urging of state workers, Gov. Chris Gregoire has agreed to let hundreds of them in nine state agencies switch to four-day work weeks.The move -- which means working four 10-hour days instead of five 8-hour days -- is intended to reduce energy use,…
The northeastern Washington legislative faceoff between longtime legislative aide Shelly Short and architect Sue Lani Madsen is looking a lot like a grudge match.Short got slightly more votes in the primary than Madsen: 26.7 percent to 26.4 percent in a five-way, all-Republican primary. Both are…