Republican challenger Dino Rossi accepted a debate in Spokane and another in Seattle that Democratic Sen. Patty Murray had previously agreed to do. But in doing so, Rossi repeated his call for additional head-to-head matchups, saying voters deserve more.Murray accepted debate invitations about three weeks…
OLYMPIA -- King County will prosecute a state worker for signature fraud in a case involving at least 19 phony signatures on Initiative 1098, the income tax proposal.Claudia McKinney, a member of Service Employees International Union who was paid by the union for the time…
Three initiatives that would change the state's tax policies -- instituting an income tax, dropping a series of consumer taxes or requiring supermajorities to pass new taxes -- have more support than opposition among voters, a new poll by Elway Research Inc. indicates.But none of…
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