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• No beer on the job, floating bridge contractor warned

  May 24, 2012 in Region Gov. Chris Gregoire and Washington Transportation Department Secretary Paul Hammond issued statements Wednesday reminding the contractor on a new Lake Washington floating bridge not to let office workers drink beer … 19

• Gregoire pitches for schools

  May 18, 2012 in City on Page A5 Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire told the state’s largest teachers union that she will work to increase taxes to help the state meet its mandate to provide quality education. “I am … 1

• State awarded $128 million for Health Benefit Exchange

  May 17, 2012 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – Washington will receive a financial reward for forging ahead with one element of federal health care reform this spring while many other states were holding back. The U.S. …

• Air Force to rank tanker sites

  May 15, 2012 in City on Page A1 Fairchild and about 60 other Air Force bases will be scored on criteria such as cost, capacity and environmental concerns to decide which will get the first batch of new … 2

• Gregoire lauds Obama’s ‘courageous’ act

  May 10, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A day after announcing support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama today visits a state that recently went through a legislative battle over the issue and faces a … 25

• Brown won’t seek another Senate term

      May 4, 2012 in City on Page A1 One of the state’s most powerful politicians shook Spokane’s political landscape and shocked her own party Thursday when she announced she won’t seek re-election to the Legislature. State Senate Majority … 14

• Washington Supreme Court to rule on executive privilege

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire believes she can keep some documents from the public because of executive privilege. The Freedom Foundation believes she can’t because no such exemption exists in … 3

• Governor talks tough on agency’s failures

  April 19, 2012 in News, Region Gov. Chris Gregoire laid down a public ultimatum Wednesday for a troubled state agency to quickly fix its work or face a breakup of its functions. The order targeted the … 8

• Spin Control: And please take your tired turns of phrase with you

  April 15, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Now that the Legislature has wandered, bleary-eyed, out of town, would it be too much to hope they took some of their overworked phrases with them and didn’t …

• Both sides win issues in hard fought state budget

  April 12, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – For almost 91 days the Legislature wrestled with a looming budget problem. For the first 90, it was even odds, at best, whether the Legislature would win. The … 4

• Spin Control: Gregoire relents, signs scores of bills

  April 1, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – In the list of threats a Washington governor can hurl at a recalcitrant Legislature, “I won’t sign your bills” has proved to be among the least menacing. Gov. …

• Gregoire inks health reform

  March 24, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and other Democratic officials marked Friday’s second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act – which Republicans prefer to call Obamacare – with …

• Spin Control: ‘Media’ negotiations are only problem when they don’t work

  March 18, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – “I’m not going to negotiate in the news media.” Politicians at all levels love to utter that sentence – when it’s to their advantage.

• Senate GOP unveils new budget plan

  March 16, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – For the first three days of Washington’s special session, everything involving the state’s troubled budget was done behind closed doors. That went by the wayside Thursday. Senate Republicans …

• Sally’s House serves as children’s haven

  March 5, 2012 in City on Page A1 Three-year-old Kate lived in a dog crate in a meth house in Spokane and walked on hands and knees like an animal. Winston lived in a home with no running … 22

• Senate Democrats offer state budget

  February 29, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Democrats in control of the state Senate want fewer cuts in key programs than there were in the budgets proposed last year by Gov. Chris Gregoire and earlier … 2

• Gregoire after more tourist cash

  February 26, 2012 in City on Page B3 WASHINGTON – When she leaves the executive mansion as Washington state’s 22nd governor next January, Democrat Chris Gregoire wants to unwind by taking a month to visit some national parks … 2

• Proposed budget avoids tax hike

  February 22, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – House Democrats offered a budget plan that doesn’t call for a state tax increase and doesn’t make some of the cuts to public schools and state services Gov. …

• Gregoire signs gay marriage bill

  February 13, 2012 in News, City OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the Marriage Equality Act today that would allow same-sex couples to marry in civil ceremonies and with any religious group that allows such unions. 44

• Gay marriage wins 55-43 vote, now headed to Gregoire

  February 9, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – By a vote of 55-43, the House passed and sent to Gov. Chris Gregoire a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in Washington. Gregoire, who has … 132

• Senate approves same-sex marriage

  February 2, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – With votes to spare, the state Senate passed a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry in Washington, sending it to the House of Representatives, where it also … 69

• Gregoire proposes oil fee

  January 11, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Washington’s roads, bridges and ferries need billions of dollars in maintenance that the state doesn’t have, Gov. Chris Gregoire said. To help fix that, she wants the Legislature … 4

• Gregoire: Pass new oil fee to fix roads

  January 10, 2012 in News OLYMPIA — Washington should levy a new fee on oil to pay for maintenance on roads, bridges and ferries, Gov. Chris Gregoire says. 24

• Fish and Wildlife appointee criticized

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page B2 The appointment of an Eastern Washington environmentalist to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has upset some rural officials, who say their small-town values are unfairly being pushed aside in … 3

• Wash. lawmakers’ ‘short session’ will be dominated by budget

  January 8, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington legislators find themselves in familiar territory as they return to the Capitol this week. The General Fund budget they thought they had shored up through a series …

• Gregoire backs gay marriage

  January 5, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire’s emotional call for Washington state to legalize same-sex marriages brought cheers from supporters who filled her conference room Wednesday. But opponents were already coalescing for … 12

• Gov. Gregoire to support gay marriage bill

  January 4, 2012 in Region Gov. Chris Gregoire said today she wants the Legislature to pass a law making same-sex marriage legal. 99

• Gregoire signs budget patch

  December 21, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – With advice to the Legislature to show up “tan, rested and ready” in January to finish fixing the state’s budget problems, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the $480 million … 1

• Gregoire considers efficiency measures

  December 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Washington should abolish the Liquor Control Board and see if a private company can do a better job of managing the state lottery, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday. … 1

• Gregoire proposes more flexibility in clean-energy law

  December 15, 2011 in Business on Page A10 SEATTLE – Large utilities in Washington state will soon have to get at least part of their power from new renewable sources like wind and solar. But with a voter-mandated …

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