Gov. Jay Inslee explains his budget as students from Seattle's Cleveland High School look on. OLYMPIA — The state should make temporary tax increases on beer and some business services permanent, cancel a variety of other tax breaks and spend an extra $1.2 billion on…
House Speaker Frank Chopp buys cookies and a brownie from Kate Hunter and Maureen Bo, who were manning the table of a "bake sale" for seniors and the disabled in the Capitol. OLYMPIA -- The Legislature has a pretty full day of hearings on this…