Rep. Rodney Tom, R-Bellevue, wants to raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes from $1.42 to $2.50.The more-expensive smokes would likely prompt 98,000 Washingtonians to give up smoking, Tom estimates. The additional tax from those that keep smoking would raise $150 million dollars a…
Thanks to the Internet, you can easily do at least a cursory check into the credentials of your doctor, lawyer, or that contractor who's replacing the water heater.And if you run afoul of the law, you can now check to see if the judge has…
We pause from statehouse brow-knitting over the worsening health care mess, big budget woes, controversial election reforms and what to do about taxes to bring you House Bill 1964 , a modest proposal that states simply that "The Walla Walla sweet onion is designated as…
Spotted hanging on the wall in a Republican Senate staff office: a ring-style life preserver with name "Dino Rossi" on it. Really.
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