OLYMPIA -- The Senate's top Democrat accused the coalition that controls the chamber of driving the state toward a government shutdown by stalling on budget negotiations. Sen. Ed Murray of Seattle said the Legislature is moving backwards in trying to reach an agreement on the…
OLYMPIA -- Legislators from a northern Puget Sound district want to rename the Skagit River bridge for the state trooper who was killed there last week. The delegation from the 40th District said this morning the state should rename the bridge in honor of Trooper…
Memorial to Sen. Mike Carrell in the Senate chamber. OLYMPIA -- The Senate appears poised for action this afternoon on as yet unscheduled bills. With a portrait of the late Sen. Mike Carrell looking on and a state flag folded ceremonially on his desk, the…
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