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• Gregoire a big winner from old pension rules

  May 6, 2013 in City on Page A8 OLYMPIA – Former Gov. Chris Gregoire is benefiting from old state pension rules that ended in 1977. Gregoire receives a pension of $159,608, the most of any retiree from state … 12

• Signs of state parks’ neglect reflect years of cuts

  March 25, 2013 in City, Outdoors on Page A6 SEATTLE – As Washington state’s park system enters its 100th year, budget cuts have begun to take a heavy toll. Many of Washington’s 117 parks, 700 historic buildings and 33 … 2

• Gregoire offers parting words

  January 16, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – In her last speech to a Legislature with which she sometimes fought, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire said they accomplished much over the last eight years, but still have … 4

• Budget remains pressing issue in new legislative session

  January 13, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A new year, a new Legislature, a new administration – and maybe some new ideas to solve some old, familiar problems. That may be the best way to … 8

• Universities not happy with Gregoire’s tuition plan

  December 31, 2012 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – Gov. Chris Gregoire’s goal of not raising college tuition over the next two years is not sitting well with the leaders of Washington’s universities, who say the proposal … 2

• Inslee wants fresh look at top jobs

  December 30, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Gov.-elect Jay Inslee has hired an Olympia headhunting firm to find the best people to lead Washington’s top agencies in his administration. Inslee has told all of Gov. …

• Gregoire says she’s not finished with public service

  December 23, 2012 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Chris Gregoire entered the governor’s office under a cloud of suspicion in 2005 and took control of a state starting to feel the winds of a strengthening economy … 18

• Reaction lukewarm to Gregoire’s budget ideas

  December 19, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed two lame-duck budgets Tuesday for her successor and the next Legislature to consider. One cuts programs to stay within the revenue the state expects … 2

• Gregoire: School programs will require more taxes

  December 18, 2012 in City OLYMPIA — In her last budget proposal as governor, Chris Gregoire offers a budget of cuts and no taxes she labels “simply unacceptable” and another she calls a balanced solution … 21

• Gregoire orders flags at half-staff to honor Spokane’s Matthew Stiltz

  November 19, 2012 in City Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has ordered flags at state buildings be flown at half-staff Tuesday to honor a Spokane serviceman killed in Afghanistan last week. 2

• Inslee stands by tax pledge

  November 15, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Washington faces a $900 million budget hole through 2015, a slightly smaller one for the Legislature to fill than previously thought, thanks to a slowly recovering economy. Gov.-elect … 12

• State to plan pot licensing, taxing

  November 14, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Washington will be “following the will of the voters and moving ahead” with setting up ways that adults can legally obtain marijuana for recreational use, Gov. Chris Gregoire … 9

• Gregoire: state will forge ahead on legal pot

  November 13, 2012 in City OLYMPIA – Washington will be “following the will of the voters and moving ahead” with setting up ways that adults can legally obtain marijuana for recreational use, Gov. Chris Gregoire … 8

• State eyes system to streamline health care

  October 26, 2012 in City, Health on Page A6 OLYMPIA – State officials think they can save $14 million over the next five years and provide better health care to a group of patients who are among the most …

• Gregoire says successors’ budget proposals won’t work

    October 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire served warning Thursday to her two would-be successors that the budget plans they’re pushing on the campaign trail won’t work and they’ll need to … 19

• Gregoire says successor will need to raise taxes

    October 25, 2012 in City OLYMPIA — The next governor will have to raise taxes, regardless of what they promise on the campaign trail, Gov. Chris Gregoire predicted today. The budget she proposes for the … 14

• Gregoire gets hands-on look at how small vineyards operate

  October 21, 2012 in City on Page B2 WALLA WALLA – Gov. Chris Gregoire stepped out of the car at Tamarack Cellars on Friday prepared for a different kind of winery tour. One where she could get her … 1

• Washington potatoes headed to South Korea

  October 11, 2012 in Business on Page A8 OLYMPIA – As a Washington delegation wrapped up a trade mission in Asia this week, the United States and South Korea worked out a deal on the export of one …

• Jubilant promises about 100 Spokane jobs

  October 6, 2012 in City on Page B1 India-based Jubilant expects to add about 100 jobs at its Spokane facility in the next few years. Marcelo Morales, chief executive officer of the parent company of the former Hollister …

• Gregoire secures sister state

  October 4, 2012 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Washington has a new “sister” state, half a world away. Gov. Chris Gregoire, who is in Asia on a trade mission, announced Wednesday that Andhra Pradesh in southeast … 1

• Spotlight: Spokane doctor named to state arts commission

  September 16, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Spokane physician Bassem Bejjani has been appointed to the Washington State Arts Commission. He joins two other Eastern Washington appointees on the 23-member panel – Mark Anderson of Walla Walla …

• Spin Control: Protest elicits tangle over Medicaid

  August 5, 2012 in City on Page B3 Do Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Gov. Chris Gregoire agree on the best way to fix the nation’s health care system? Not hardly, although that may not be the impression …

• Spin Control: Letter asking to repeal ACA a waste of paper

  July 8, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – In a world of emails and tweets, it’s usually nice to get a real letter. Except, maybe, if it’s a letter telling you to do something that you’ve … 1

• Idaho governor’s mansion unused but still costly

  July 7, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – For more than three decades, Idaho has struggled with the issue of a governor’s mansion, ever since then-Gov. Cecil Andrus refused to live in the deteriorating Boise home … 12

• Gregoire promotes aerospace during trip

  July 7, 2012 in City on Page A10 OLYMPIA – Washington’s aerospace manufacturers are drumming up business this week in Ireland, Wales and England, in some cases with the main competitor to the state’s biggest name in airplanes, …

• Spin Control: Political force is strong in this one

  July 1, 2012 in City on Page B10 Politicians are always looking to expand their base, even when they divide the electorate into different groups. Business owners. Union members. Blue collar workers. Soccer moms. Seniors. College students. John … 1

• Ruling highlights partisan split

  June 29, 2012 in City, Health on Page A1 OLYMPIA – When a divided U.S. Supreme Court settled the question Thursday of whether federal health care reform is constitutional, it turned up the spotlight on the issue for Washington’s … 7

• Salary grid has coaches cashing the hefty checks

  June 27, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The best-paying state jobs in Washington are still in academia, with the very best in athletics. The annual listing of salaries for all state employees shows once again … 9

• Protecting shoreline from tsunami rubble

  June 19, 2012 in City on Page A1 OCEAN SHORES, Wash. – The state is preparing for an unknown amount of debris from the Japanese tsunami to wash onto its beaches over the next several years, possibly carrying … 4

• Washington coast awaits tsunami debris

  June 18, 2012 in City OCEAN SHORES, Wash. — The state is preparing for an unknown amount of debris from the Japanese tsunami to wash ashore for the next several years, possibly carrying strange creatures … 7

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