In honor of the inauguration of President Obama, Washington state's Secretary of State is selling U.S. flags that are being flown at the state capitol today. (Yup, there's some person who's going to be busy hauling flags up and down all day. Really.)You can buy…
The capitol rotunda and hallways were like a ghost town this morning, as staffers and lawmakers crowded around TVs to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama.In the darkened state Senate, about a dozen lawmakers sat at their desks, peering up at a big-screen projection…
Speaking of new state school superintendent Randy Dorn, he sent out an interesting invitation recently, saying that tomorrow he'll unveil his plans for the controversial Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Dorn was a state lawmaker when the original law passed, launching the WASL. But throughout…
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