OLYMPIA -- With the session about two-thirds gone, some legislators are using the time this weekend or next week to check in with the voters and talkabout what's happened so far, and what's up next.In the Spokane area, legislators from the 6th District have town…
OLYMPIA -- Sports analogies in politics are often imprecise and overused, but they can be fun.After "cut off" this week, when bills that don't get out of their original house are for all intents and purposes dead, Senate Democratic staff compiled a spreadsheet of whose…
OLYMPIA -- The Legislature passes a calendar point today with Day 40 of a 60 day session. As any 4th grader learning fractions will tell you 40/60 = 4/6 = 2/3.Quite a bit -- primarly budget and tax/no tax debates -- will have to be…
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