OLYMPIA -- More than a dozen Senate Democrats want voters to reconsider their decision last November that makes it difficult for them to take state tax exemptions off the books. On Thursday they unveiled a a new bill that would remove the requirement that both…
Gov. Chris Gregoire congratulates Rep. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, after signing his bill to restrict lawn fertilizers with phosphorus. OLYMPIA -- Finding fertilizer with phosphorus to spread on lawns in Washington will become difficult by 2013 under law signed Thursday. As part of the state's ongoing…
OLYMPIA -- RepublicanJeff Baxter will run in this year's special election in an effort to keep the state Senate seat he now holds by appointment. Baxter announced today that he will seek election to the Spokane Valley's 4th Legislative District seat. He was appointed to…
OLYMPIA -- Some Senate Democrats are going to unveil tax plans at lunchtime. They've filed a series of new bills that call for everything from a temporary increase in the sales tax to changing excise taxes to repealing some tax exemptions "to provide funding for…
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