OLYMPIA-- Inmates in Washington state prisons don't have a constitutional right to vote in elections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today.Washington doesn't allow felons to vote unless they have their rights restored, and attorneys argued that's discriminatory against minorities, whose percentage of…
Dino Rossi and state Republicans are leveling a charge against Patty Murray that Republicans often use on Democrats, that she’s kowtowing to the union bosses. But they may have picked the wrong backdrop to launch this attack.As recounted today by S-R reporter Chelsea Bannach, the…
For presidential speeches, one would think there'd be scrupulous attention to the small things...like securing the presidential seal on the podium.But apparently, one would not always be correct in that assumption.
The ding dongs Michael Baumgartner will hear this weekend won't be from ringing the doorbells of potential voters.They will be wedding bells.(OK, that was dumbest lede ever, sorry.)Republican Michael Baumgartner will get a break this weekend from the state's costliest legislative race to get married.He…
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