Monte Benham of Kennewick is convinced that people know very little about the U.S. Constitution and next to nothing about the state Constitution.“Elected officials swear an oath to uphold the state Constitution, and most of them have never even seen it, let alone read it,”he…
Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell see eye-to-eye on most things. The two West Side Washington Democrats have fairly similar voting records.But they parted ways today on the Senate's Wall Street regulation bill. Murray voted yes, calling it "the strongest consumer protections in our history:"Cantwell…
OLYMPIA --Bob McCaslin scored 100 percent on the state Labor Council's legislative report card.Which is a little like Bart Simpson scoring 100 percent on the SATs. You gotta know something strange is going on.But organized labor's report of the late legislative session does give the…
Clint Didier has something that the 10 or so other GOP candidates looking to challenge Patty Murray for the U.S. Senate don't have... and we're not talking about Super Bowl rings here.Support from Sarah Palin.The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate tweeted "be…
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