Mayor-elect David Condon tonight released the names of about 80 people who will serve on five committees that make up his transition team. Here are the names, pretty much cut and paste from the announcement (except a couple spelling fixes): Public Safety Captain, Nancy Isserlis;…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire acknowledged legislators are unlikely to pass the $2 billion in budget cuts she proposed in this special session and sees no chance they'll ask voters to approve a temporary half-cent sales tax increase in March. In a conversation with reporters…
OLYMPIA -- There have been some complaints about the activity, or lack of it, so far in the special session. But while the Senate has yet to vote on anything of substance, and the House has managed only a vote on an emergency bailout of…
Ever wonder if Democrats and Republicans watch different things on TV. Other than MSNBC or FOX news, neither did we. But someone did, and a research firm set out to find out if there was a difference. Turns out there is. You can see the…
OLYMPIA -- The Legislature continues its "special but we're in no real hurry" session with a series of committee hearings today and no votes on either floor. No word on when, if at all, Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposed budget cuts will get out of either…
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