OLYMPIA -- School districts around the state might have to "eat" a cut in teacher salaries proposed by Senate budget writers rather than lower pay, Gov. Chris Gregoire warned Wednesday afternoon. She said some aspects of the Senate general operating budget proposal are improvements over…
Gov. Chris Gregoire offers the signing pen to Sen. Jim Hargrove after putting her signature on a bill to ban "motorcycle profiling. OLYMPIA -- Law enforcement in Washington state won't be able to stop motorcyclists simply because they are motorcyclists under a bill signed Wednesday…
Conservative student groups from Washington State University and University of Idaho say they plan to put up a chain-link fence on Terrell Mall today to protest illegal immigration. The groups include College Republicans, Young Americans for Liberty and Youth for Western Civilization. (The last sounds…
OLYMPIA -- The Senate will hold a hearing in its Ways and Means Committee this afternoon for the general operating budget released Tuesday evening. The budget is 462 pages long, but folks who stayed up all night to peruse it should be well versed in…
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