OLYMPIA -- State agencies will lower flags on or outside their buildings to half-staff Tuesday to honor victims of the Oso mudslide, and keep them lowered through next Tuesday. Gov. Jay Inslee ordered the flag-lowering Monday afternoon for all state agencies and asked other governments,…
Rodney Tom addresses a delegation from Spokane last January. OLYMPIA -- Rodney Tom, a Republican turned Democrat who joined with GOP members of the Senate to form a ruling coalition for the last two years, will not run for re-election this fall. Tom, currently the…
OLYMPIA -- The state needs to a better job of checking its Medicaid managed care programs for cost overruns, the state auditor's office said today. A limited audit of the Health Care Authority's system to check doctors and other specialists in eight high-risk areas showed…
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