Protesters work to prop up an elephant they are inflating on the Capitol Rotunda floor as part of a call for a state income tax. OLYMPIA -- As legislative leaders sweated the small stuff on the operating budget and other members awaited word of a…
OLYMPIA -- Legislative budget negotiators appear to be running out of ways to describe how close they are to an agreement without actually reaching one. Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Medina, described the sides simply as "so close" and unlike last week wouldn't venture a…
OLYMPIA -- Budget negotiators reported worked late into the night Monday -- or early into the morning Tuesday, depending on various accounts -- but had no deal to report at the start of the legislative day. A new word of warning was being sounded, however:…
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