From tomorrow's paper:Washington's two largest public universities painted a bleak picture Tuesday of looming budget cuts as the state grapples with a budget shortfall that lawmakers say could reach $8 billion. State lawmakers won't finalize the budget for another two months, but state colleges and…
With Washington's sin taxes pretty much maxxed out -- we have among the highest tobacco and liquor taxes in America -- one state lawmaker has a novel idea for a new source of state revenue: a tax on pornography.In essence, the proposal would tax porn…
The news continues to get worse for Washington's treasury.The state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council today said that state revenue is down about $63 million lower than expected over the past four weeks. Revenue from Jan. 11 to Feb. 10 -- which due to delays…
HEADS UP: THE VIDEO BELOW, from the fake-news site The Onion, IS CHOCK-FULL OF EXPLETIVES.But it's also a pitch-perfect mockery of the sorts of gotta-have-it electronics marketing that we're all immersed in, all the time. If you're at home and the kids are out of…
It happens every year. Poor people and advocates descend on the capitol, decrying usurious rates ($100 loan rolled over for a year: 391 percent APR) and saying that the payday lending industry traps people in a nearly unbreakable cycle of high-interest debt.Lawmakers propose bills --…
Short takes and breaking news from the Washington Legislature and the state capital.
