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• Judge rules against two-thirds tax law

  May 31, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Requiring a supermajority for the Legislature to approve tax increases, as Washington voters have required several times over the past two decades, is unconstitutional, a King County Superior … 5

• High Court asked to block liquor initiative

  May 17, 2012 in News OLYMPIA — Opponents of Initiative 1183 made their last stand at keeping the state in the liquor business today, telling the state Supreme Court the ballot measure had too many … 7

• Washington Supreme Court to rule on executive privilege

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire believes she can keep some documents from the public because of executive privilege. The Freedom Foundation believes she can’t because no such exemption exists in … 3

• Justice Fairhurst battling lung cancer with radiation

  October 9, 2011 in Region on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Washington state Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst is being treated for lung cancer. She has been going to a radiation clinic every day for the past seven weeks …

• Wiggins joins state high court

  January 7, 2011 in City on Page A7 SEATTLE – Charlie Wiggins has been known to spend his free time searching the Bible for references to “justice” and re-enacting the state Constitutional Convention in costume. Needless to say, … 1

• Online gamblers argue for new deal

  May 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Is Internet poker just a 21st-century twist on the friendly game played around a kitchen table or “the crack cocaine of gambling”? That’s the question the Washington Supreme … 2

• Washington justices dealt online poker question

  May 27, 2010 in City OLYMPIA – Is Internet poker just a 21st Century twist on the friendly game played around a kitchen table or “the crack cocaine of gambling”? That’s the question the Washington … 1

• Court: Libraries can filter the Web

  May 7, 2010 in City on Page A8 OLYMPIA – Public libraries do not have to turn off their Internet filters for adult patrons who want to view pornography on library computers, the Washington Supreme Court said Thursday. …

• Appeals court system challenged

  February 6, 2010 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The Washington Supreme Court will likely be asked to decide whether the state appeals court system is unconstitutional. Spokane attorney Steve Eugster said Friday it is, because of … 1

• Court upholds thousands of verdicts

  September 4, 2009 in City on Page A1 The state Supreme Court may have saved the city of Spokane millions of dollars Thursday by ruling that district court judges had the authority to try city cases. But the … 1