OLYMPIA -- Senate Democrats were able to bring their proposed fix to the suspension of Initaitve 960 to the floor at about 9:40 p.m., which is more than two hours earlier than expected. Debate began with amendments by Republicans to put things back into law…
OLYMPIA -- Senate Democrats apparently have a bill to do suspend Initiative 960 the way they want. Now they need Senate Republicans to go along if they have any chance of doing it before midnight.It all has to do with the "bump" as explained by…
OLYMPIA -- Senate Democrats are due to return for an evening session to address the big "oops" moment so far this session.They reportedly are working on a bill that will do what they said they intended to do Tuesday: Suspend all aspects of Initiative 960…
OLYMPIA -- Patients at state mental hospitals who have been judged criminally insane would be severely restricted from taking trips away from their facilities under a bill passed unanimously by the House of Representatives.HB 2717, inspired by the escape of Phillip Paul during an Eastern…
If you're sweetie is a red-blooded Republican, you probably lie awake nights thinking of the appropriate greetings for Valentine's Day. Now you can get some sleep, thanks to the Republican National Committee, who is happy to provide a series of e-cards making fun of their…
OLYMPIA -- A proposal to give judges more flexibility in dealing with disputes on the boards of nonprofit corporations sailed through the House of Representatives today.HB 3046 essentially gives a Superior Court judge the same options in dealing with a deadlocked nonprofit as with a…
OLYMPIA -- The initiative process, which when it plays out to the passage of a proposal by the voters is apparently sacrosanct, is a messy process at the beginning.For $5 and some words typed into a word processor, almost anyone can file an initiative petition…
Colleague Betsy Russell at Eye on Boise tells of an election-related savings in Idaho that isn't available in Washington. But even if it was, Washington Republicans would probably be more than happy to put the money in the budget.As reported here, it seems that Gov.…
OLYMPIA -- Senate Democrats will be looking for a way to fix Tuesday's faux pas of passing a bill they didn't intend to pass.The changes to Initiative 960 that they approved Tuesday afternoon in a 26-23 were limited to suspending the two-thirds majority through July…
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