OLYMPIA -- The Senate passed Spokane Republican Mike Baumgartner's first bill easily Thursday, but not before the traditional hazing of a freshman member. As sponsor of SB 5500, Baumgartner got to move for its passage late Thursday morning, and decided to address head-on a source…
OLYMPIA -- Most of the heavy lifting today will either be done in the Ways and Means Committees or Transportation Committees, or by people trying to shovel snow off their driveways. Snow is falling at a good clip around Olympia and in the South Sound,…
