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• Budget wrangle begins anew

  January 3, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A day after the nation edged away from a “fiscal cliff” that had threatened economic doom, the realization that other ominous fiscal battles loom tempered any sense of … 3

• Region’s lawmakers divided on tax vote

  January 3, 2013 in City on Page A1 This week’s votes to keep income tax rates from rising for most Americans split the House delegations in Washington and Idaho but unified the two states’ senators behind the last-minute … 10

• Senate, House leaders OK cutting $242 million by June 30; full Senate to vote today

  February 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – A budget agreement that cuts an estimated $242 million in projected state spending between now and June 30 but preserves some health and welfare programs targeted for elimination … 5

• Wash. lawmakers agree to early budget savings

  February 13, 2009 in City, Region Democratic leaders have worked out a deal to immediately cut about $300 million in state spending, the first major budget savings that will come out of the 2009 Legislature.