OLYMPIA – While the Legislature wrestles with a huge budget shortfall that generates hearings on everything from closing state institutions to raising college tuition, the most heavily attended hearing Wednesday involved a non-budget item.Marijuana. Should the state legalize it, or turn it into a civil…
The Washington Secretary of State's office is urging caution in making donations to relief operations for victims of the earthquake in Haiti."Often, scammers use tragedies like these to say they are helping a cause and to pocket the donations of generous people. Don’t be fooled!"…
Gov. Chris Gregoire will back legislation to allow defendants in Washington to be found guilty but mentally ill, and to be sent to prison instead of a mental hospital.Persons who have already been found not guilty by reason of insanity would face a new Safety…
The Lege has floor sessions at 10 a.m., and hearings off an on all day. Nothing as dramatic as the "State of the State", but more talk about, what else, the budget. There will also be some discussion about bills that would legalize marijuana. And…
A reference in last night's post on the Republicans throwing around nautical metaphors may have had many readers going "Huh? Sinking of the What?"The song is actually "The Legend of the USS Titanic", and while it was a staple of late night pirate radio in…
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