OLYMPIA -- Getting $35 million for the North Spokane corridor was a big deal, even over on the other side of the state. Gov. Chris Gregoire, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown and Sen. Chris Marr all made the trip over for the ceremony. Rep. John…
OLYMPIA -- The House and Senate have pro forma sessions today to accommodate full hearing schedules.After several late nights in the House of Represenatives debating the suspension of Initiative 960, legislators might be happy to know that today is "Massage Awareness Day." They can become…
OLYMPIA – Debate over the need for supermajorities to raise taxes stretched into its second night Wednesday in the House of Representatives and invoked everything from the Gospel to the law of the jungle. There were warnings about taking away the voice of the people,…
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