OLYMPIA -- Medical marijuana users would pay many of the same taxes as recreational pot users under a bill approved Friday by the House. On a 59-38 vote, the House passed revisions to Washington's rapidly changing marijuana laws even though some representatives said the tax rates were too high.
OLYMPIA -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that makes same-sex marriage legal in all states was praised as a landmark support of personal liberty and criticized as an infringement on religious freedom in speeches on the Senate floor today.
OLYMPIA -- The Senate unanimously passed a bill calling for a proposed med school in Spokane to be named for Elson Floyd.
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Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage may have big impacts for some states, but won't change things in Washington or Idaho.
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