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• State budget plans in ‘fuzzy zone’

  January 21, 2010 in City on Page A4 OLYMPIA – Washington Republicans wasted little time trying to draw connections between a Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts and political prospects in the Evergreen State. Washington Democrats conceded that the …

• Area delegation gets message: Don’t ask

  January 15, 2010 in City on Page A10 OLYMPIA – A Spokane-area delegation on its annual pilgrimage to the state capital got a consistently downbeat message this week: Don’t expect money for new programs or projects. “The message … 1

• Senate majority leader looks ahead to tough session

    January 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 Lisa Brown’s office, just off the floor of the Washington state Senate chambers, was abuzz last week with legislators, staff and people who needed a few minutes to talk about … 6

• Let the annual finger-pointing begin

  January 10, 2010 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – There are two relatively famous quotes that come to mind as the Legislature rumbles toward opening day Monday. One is the standard axiom that no man’s life, liberty …

• 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 …

• Economy forced many tough votes

  April 30, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 OLYMPIA – It always astounds me how quickly the state capital becomes a ghost town when a legislative session ends. On Sunday, lobbyists were still swarming the Senate and House …

• 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

• New state budget includes job cuts, tuition increases

  March 31, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations and speculation, the state Senate on Monday proposed a two-year plan to bridge Washington’s $9 billion budget shortfall. As predicted, it includes some …

• Bill protects people living in their RVs

  March 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N1 OLYMPIA – In a sign of the times, Washington’s House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would ban cities and counties from barring recreational vehicles from mobile home parks. …

• Court dismisses Brown’s tax-hike fight

  March 6, 2009 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Declining to wade into a Senate dispute, Washington’s highest court Thursday rejected Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s challenge to an anti-tax ballot measure. The unanimous ruling leaves in …

• Court rejects challenge to anti-tax measure

  March 5, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Declining to wade into the middle of a family fight, Washington’s highest court on Thursday rejected Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s challenge to an anti-tax ballot measure. 1

• Eye on Olympia: High court rejects tax case

  March 5, 2009 in City, Region The Washington state Supreme Court has just ruled against state Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Wash., who filed suit last year to try to overturn a requirement that tax increases …

• Children’s programs defended

  February 25, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Armed with barbecued chicken and ribs, children’s advocates from Spokane made a pilgrimage to Olympia on Monday to urge local lawmakers to look elsewhere when making billions of …

• State awaits gloomy budget news

  February 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S1 OLYMPIA – Today’s the day. After months of ever-worse budget news, lawmakers will today hear state forecasters’ best guess about how the treasury will fare over the next two years.

• Our View: Bill that would alter health district bears promise

  February 15, 2009 in Opinion on Page B10 For more than two years, the Spokane Regional Health District has been without a permanent health officer, and the board can’t seem to make up its mind if it wants …

• Sen. Brown considers run for governor

  January 22, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 OLYMPIA – The state’s last governor to make the jump from Eastern Washington to governor’s mansion was a Democrat who, in tough times, argued for public spending to help stabilize …

• Democrats differ on candidates

  February 5, 2008 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – In an indication of how tight the Democratic presidential contest has become, Washington’s lieutenant governor on Monday endorsed Hillary Clinton, not long after nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers …

• Area legislative races heating up, a year early

  May 29, 2007 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – As early bird candidates start to file their bids for a legislative seat in 2008, the region’s most powerful lawmaker says she’s resisting suggestions that she consider leaving …

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