OLYMPIA – The latest plan to allow Washington’s most populous counties to set up pilot programs for medical marijuana cooperatives may have limited prospects of passing this year. The proposal would allow counties with more than 200,000 people, or the cities in them, to adopt…
Initiative-meister and red-light camera-hater Tim Eyman is urging adherents to send e-mails to city leaders around the state decrying the tactics of a leading camera purveyor. The Spokane mayor and city councilmember were included in his missive this week to supporters, asking them to urge…
The Spokane City Council on Monday will decide if it will ask voters to approve a property tax increase to help balance the city’s budget next year. At a meeting earlier this week, there appeared to be little, if any, support on the council for…
OLYMPIA -- Day 25 will mostly deal with Ways and Means. Both the Senate and the House committees have hearings, but with two very different agendas. House Ways and Mean has a 9 a.m. start, with nine bills on the hearing agenda and nine scheduled…
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