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No surprises in the House leadership lineup for 2007:-House Speaker Frank Chopp*, D-Seattle-Majority Leader Lynn Kessler, D-Hoquiam-Caucus Chairman Bill Grant, D-Walla Walla-Majority Whip Sharon Tomiko Santos, D-Seattle-and Speaker pro-tem John Lovick*, D-Mill Creek.Chopp has been speaker (or, during three bizarre years of a legislative tie…
Weeks after Sen. Mark Doumit resigned to take a new job as executive director of the state Forest Protection Association, a former state representative has been named to the post.Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, was appointed Friday by commissioners for the four counties included in the 19th…
Last night's Frontline documentary about Jim West's fall from power and The Spokesman-Review coverage that triggered it is prompting considerable criticism of the paper and the way it reported the story.Among viewers' reactions on the Frontline site:-that the scandal ensures that Spokane will remain "a…
The state Senate Democratic caucus on Sunday re-elected Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, as Senate Majority Leader.Also re-elected: majority caucus chairwoman Harriet Spanel, D-Bellingham, and majority floor leader Tracey Eide, D-Federal Way.As for committee chairs, that's yet to be determined. Those plum assignments are set by the…
Yeah, all eyes are on the mighty-close Virginia race for U.S. Senate at this point. But look at some of the numbers we're seeing for seats in Washington's statehouse:In the 39th legislative district (which includes parts of King-, Skagit-, Snohomish- and Whatcom counties, Democrat Scott…
The Democrats couldn't oust conservative Democrat Tim Sheldon, who periodically infuriates his caucus by voting with Republicans on key issues. Sheldon beat a party-backed challenger in the primary, and won against a Republican tonight by a landslide.But Sheldon's swing-voter clout may have washed away in…
Seattle's The Stranger newspaper obtained and posted to YouTube a video clip of state Sen. Brad Benson speaking to some group.In the short clip, Benson makes an astonishing claim: that condoms provided by Planned Parenthood have an 80 percent failure rate."You know which one worked…
A new random-number telephone poll compiled by University of Washington researchers suggests that the state's voters will say:-yes to incumbents Sen. Maria Cantwell and Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens, although Owens' lead over challenger Stephen Johnson is fairly slim (7 percent), given the margin of…