Both Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown and House Speaker Frank Chopp say that the proposal to provide same-sex partners with some of the same legal protections that married couples get has good odds of passing both the Senate and House this year. Nearly half the…
Excerpts from House Speaker Frank Chopp's weekly meeting with capitol reporters Wednesday:-The House likes a proposal to let school districts pass levies (typically for a few years at a time and typically used for maintenance and operations) with a simple majority of voters but wants…