OLYMPIA – As the Legislature crawled through its fourth day of a special session without a solution to its budget problems, Gov. Chris Gregoire was among those expressing frustration with the progress, or apparent lack of it.The session could be done by Sunday, which would…
OLYMPIA – Washington counted twice as many people working in “green” jobs last year as in 2008.Although changes in the way jobs were counted are responsible for much of that growth, the state still saw an increase in people building wind turbines, constructing new energy-efficient…
Gary Locke, the state's former governor and the country's current commerce secretary, is the featured guest tonight on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.Really. Spin Control can't make this stuff up. (And if we were going to make stuff up, would this be it? We…
OLYMPIA -- The Legislature has another light day scheduled, with a 10 a.m. start for the House and a noon start for the Senate, with breaks for caucues coming shortly afterward.The House Finance Committee holds a hearing this morning on a plan to give tax…
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