OLYMPIA – House Democrats unveiled their latest 2015-17 budget proposal, a $38.4 billion plan with lower spending and fewer taxes than a bill they passed earlier this year. Is it a move toward the center that could help end a budget standoff or still too different from the Senate budget released last week?
OLYMPIA -- House Democrats unveiled a $38.4 billion budget they say moves toward a compromise in the current budget standoff.
OLYMPIA -- Participants in a big budget meeting in the governor's conference room emerge with some hopeful comments as House Democrats prepare to release their latest proposal.
Bonnie Mager, a former Spokane County Commissioner who lodged a complaint about the CEO hiring process now in the hands of the state attorney general, has launched a petition asking commissioners to start over.
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