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• Two state auditor hopefuls mix it up

  April 27, 2012 in City on Page A7 The filing deadline is still a couple of weeks away, but candidates barked at each other Thursday night in their bid to become the state’s top watchdog. State Rep. Mark …

• Spin Control: Math, civics pointers for the Occupy folks

  December 4, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – It may be pointless to offer advice that hasn’t been requested, but should some leader of the Occupy movement ask I’d be happy to give it. This assumes, … 3

• Wash. timber exports thrive on construction boom in East Asia

    June 16, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Northwest forests are providing a boost to the building boom in China and will likely help with the rebuilding of post-tsunami Japan. The region’s loggers and longshoremen can … 9

• Quake rattles South Sound

  November 16, 2010 in News A 4.2 quake rattled communities of the south Puget Sound this morning. 1

• Crowds of supporters cheer on Ironman competitors

  June 27, 2010 After a wet and cold spring, the weather won best in show Sunday for the Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene.

• Studded-tire tax is a non-starter

  April 2, 2010 in City on Page A1 It is a measure of the political force field surrounding studded tires that in this, the bleakest of times for state budgets, no one is trying to slap a tax … 17

• High court to decide on petition signatures

  January 15, 2010 in City OLYMPIA — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a request to review the dispute on whether the names of people who sign a petition to put a law before voters are … 8

• Wash. bans Capitol holiday displays, tree to stay

  August 24, 2009 in City The Christmas tree can stay — but no more Nativity scene. That’s the word from Washington’s Capitol, where protests erupted last winter over competing private holiday displays. 1

• State workers shun furloughs

  June 5, 2009 in City OLYMPIA — Employees of states from Hawaii to Wisconsin have been asked to take time off without pay. Yet while Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire says state workers are interested in …

• Income tax plan dead

  April 23, 2009 in Business, City Washington Sen. Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, says changing the state’s tax system is the right thing to do, but this is not the year to do it. 1

• Eye on Olympia: Voluntary fees may save parks

  April 16, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 OLYMPIA – Would you pay more to keep local state parks open? That’s the question lawmakers and parks supporters are trying to answer.

• Thousands protest taxes in Olympia

  April 15, 2009 in News A crowd of 4,000 to 5,000 descended on the state capitol in Olympia today, blasting taxes and government spending. 1

• 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 …

• New round of projects on stimulus list

  March 14, 2009 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Millions of federal dollars are headed for local road and trail projects, including nearly $3 million to resurface a stretch of Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley. “I’m very …

• Wash. lawmakers may help military families

  January 22, 2009 in City, Region The Legislature is considering a bill that would help smooth the transition for children of military parents when they transfer into a Washington school district.

• Capitol dressed to nines for ball

  January 14, 2009 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Thursday, state lawmakers will resume their pick-and-shovel work with the state budget, trying to find the least painful ways to bridge a $6 billion budget shortfall. But first, …

• In Olympia, huge repair job awaits lawmakers

  January 11, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Each January, by tradition, Washington’s top lawmakers choose theme songs for the upcoming session. Most are lighthearted. Speaking to reporters last week, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown read …

• Eyman files tax-cap initiative

  January 5, 2009 in City Undeterred by voters’ rejection of his last ballot measure at the polls in November, initiative pitchman Tim Eyman — baby in hand — today filed his “Lower Property Taxes Initiative” …

• School roof collapses

  December 26, 2008 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – About 2,500 square feet of the roof at Capital High School collapsed Thursday morning under the weight of more than a foot of heavy snow that has accumulated …

• Bonded by Vietnam, members of ‘Evergreen Platoon’ reunite

  July 13, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – In 1968, 80 young men from Washington state stood in their white shirts and thin black ties in the echoing state Capitol and listened to then-Gov. Dan Evans …