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• WA House Speaker goals: create jobs, fund education

  January 10, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington legislators started their 60-day session with the usual pomp and circumstance, and a quick preview of the debates likely to dominate the remaining 59 days. As soon … 2

• Workers’ comp gets an overhaul

  May 23, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – An agreement on offering settlements to injured workers could remove one of the main obstacles to the Legislature passing a budget for the next two years. Gov. Chris …

• Editorial: Adding choice best for workers, companies

  April 14, 2011 in Opinion on Page A13 Along with the stress and anxiety Washington’s lawmakers are feeling as they balance the state budget for the next two years, at least some must harbor a regret or two …

• Senate, House differ on unemployment insurance legislation

  February 5, 2011 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – A proposed $300 million tax cut for Washington businesses ping-ponged through the Legislature on Friday as one version passed the Senate with strong bipartisan support but another version … 1

• Business tax cut approved by Washington Senate

  February 4, 2011 in City OLYMPIA – A proposed $300 million tax cut for Washington businesses ping-ponged through the Legislature Friday as one version passed the Senate with strong bipartisan support but another version was …

• Washington lawmakers balk at cutting safety nets

  January 5, 2011 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – There’s no chance the Legislature will ask voters for a tax increase for anything – except maybe for highways and other transportation projects – legislative leaders said Tuesday. … 6

• Final decision on state cuts, layoffs to come by Oct. 1

    September 17, 2010 in City on Page A1 State health care programs could shrink or disappear in the coming months, at least one state prison could close and college classes could be more crowded next semester as state … 8

• Lawmakers stuck on $200 million

  March 30, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – The Washington Legislature entered its third week of a special session to settle budget matters with no resolution in sight, but leaders of the Senate and House insisted …

• Key Democrats say they oppose some proposed cuts

  December 10, 2009 in City on Page A10 Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposed all-cuts, no-new-taxes budget – far from a done deal – was described as everything from a good starting point to an unrealistic plan Wednesday in a …

• Sales tax increase could go before state voters

  April 10, 2009 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Washington House Speaker Frank Chopp said Thursday that there’s a “better than 50-50” chance that voters will be asked to approve a sales tax increase this fall. As … 3

• Brown, Chopp weighing state income tax

  April 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – For years in Washington’s capital, state income tax proposals have been viewed much like those periodic bills to declare Eastern Washington a 51st state. They’re attention-getters aimed at … 21

• Lobbyists carry slimmer wish list

  January 30, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire once was asked by a reporter if there was anything she didn’t like about the job. Yes, she said. She hated getting the news that …