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• Teachers union leads in state lobbying costs

  May 6, 2013 in City on Page A10 SEATTLE – The Washington Education Association spends more on lobbying the Legislature than any other group and more than twice as much as the next-highest lobbying organization, a health care … 11

• ‘Good Samaritan’ law covers alcohol too

  May 5, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a law that allows underage drinkers to call for medical help without fearing prosecution. The law is meant to encourage minors to call … 3

• State workers to get parking, bus breaks

  May 5, 2013 in City on Page B3 Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Saturday that lets state employees pay for their work-related parking and transit costs using pretax earnings. Democratic Rep. Sam Hunt of Olympia … 6

• Wash. Senate set to unveil budget proposal

  April 2, 2013 in City A Republican-dominated coalition in the Washington state Senate is set to unveil its budget proposal. 1

• Blind lawmaker’s life reflected in policies

  March 17, 2013 in City on Page B9 OLYMPIA – Behind his sunglasses, Rep. Cyrus Habib is reaching back in memory, trying to recall the name of another fully blind politician who came before him. This was someone …

• Lawmakers back plan to help former prostitutes

  February 25, 2013 in City, Region The Washington state House has passed a measure to make it easier for women to clear their criminal records in cases where they were trafficked or forced into prostitution. 20

• Democrats investigate campaign director

  February 24, 2013 in City on Page B2 SEATTLE – The executive director of the Democrats’ state Senate campaign committee is being investigated after indications that he made improper expenditures using the group’s money, lawmakers said Saturday. In … 5

• Spin Control: Naming rights could bring money

  February 17, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Legislators are considering – not too seriously, it seems – a plan to allow the state to sell the naming rights to its many roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings …

• $2.5 million needed for Spokane Valley Tech

  February 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V5 Central Valley’s School Board will ask the Washington Legislature for $2.5 million to complete the Spokane Valley Tech. The board approved a resolution Monday night to lobby officials for an …

• Spin Control: Abortion bill’s absence frustrates open debate

  February 10, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The claim by “coalition” senators that their regime ushers in an era of more open debate managed to stub its toe last week on one of the Legislature’s … 5

• State laws’ last gender-specific terms targeted

  February 4, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – In Washington state, dairymen, freshmen and even penmanship could soon be things of the past. Over the past six years, state officials have engaged in the onerous task … 10

• Getting There: Cash-short transit agencies seek help

  February 4, 2013 in City on Page A1 Public transit officials in Washington are reaching out to state lawmakers, asking for new funding to help alleviate their troubled finances. Transit agencies in Pierce and Snohomish counties are facing … 13

• Spin Control: Wet behind the ears on poll tax claim

  February 3, 2013 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – A wise old pol once explained why changing the election system is difficult: The people who must agree to make the change all got their jobs through the … 2

• Landers: Outdoors issues hot topic in Olympia

  January 31, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Issues from the great outdoors are trying to see the light of day in the 2013 Washington Legislature. Wolf reintroduction and the cash-poor state parks are issues likely to generate … 1

• Washington lawmakers submit big cellphone bills

  January 31, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – During last year’s wrangling with budget troubles, Washington state Sen. Jerome Delvin racked up a cellphone bill that would make most users recoil – $309.21 in a single … 5

• Landers: Outdoors issues hot topic in Olympia

  January 30, 2013 in Sports Issues from the great outdoors are trying to see the light of day in the 2013 Washington Legislature. Wolf reintroduction and the cash-poor state parks are issues likely to generate … 1

• Former lawmaker, teacher Edward Luders dies

  January 27, 2013 in City on Page B2 Former state Rep. Edward T. Luders, who served in Democratic leadership in the Washington Legislature during the 1970s, died Friday at age 84. Luders also taught economics and government at …

• Why doesn’t this tax plan require a supermajority?

  January 26, 2013 in City on Page B1 Last year, voters in Washington approved Initiative 1185, a measure requiring supermajority votes of two-thirds to raise taxes in the Legislature. Voters approved I-1185 with a not-quite-supermajority of 63.9 percent. 19

• Budget remains pressing issue in new legislative session

  January 13, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A new year, a new Legislature, a new administration – and maybe some new ideas to solve some old, familiar problems. That may be the best way to … 8

• New vote may be needed on tuition hikes

  January 10, 2013 in City, Region An informal opinion from the Washington attorney general’s office says lawmakers may need to take another vote on whether the state’s public universities can set their own tuition rates.

• New 7th District senator selected

  January 4, 2013 in City on Page A6 A Colville-area farmer and businessman was named on Thursday to succeed retiring GOP state Sen. Bob Morton, who served 22 years from Washington’s 7th Legislative District. John Smith, a Republican, … 4

• Court: Slowed education cuts not ‘forward progress’

  December 20, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court ruled today that the state Legislature isn’t making enough progress toward finding more money for K-12 education in answer to the court’s decision in … 6

• Spin Control: Coalition majority might not be so great

  December 16, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – To hear supporters tell it, a new power-sharing coalition in the state Senate could usher in a Legislative session of compromise and moderation, with a positive response to … 2

• GOP takes control of state Senate

  December 10, 2012 in City, Region A coalition of 23 Republicans and two Democrats said today they plan to take control of the Senate when it convenes next month. 22

• Field reports: Kokanee fishing to reopen at Lake PO

  November 11, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C13 FISHING – For the first time since 1999, anglers will be allowed to harvest kokanee in Lake Pend Oreille starting in 2013 under fishing regulations adopted Thursday by the Idaho … 1

• State Parks plead for funds; Discover Pass sales leave shortfall

  November 11, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C13 As revenues continue short of projections, state parks leaders are telling Washington lawmakers they can’t do it alone. The Washington State Parks department plans to seek $27 million from the …

• Landers: New law raises penalties for trespassers

  October 25, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 The Washington Legislature has raised the stakes for hunters who go onto private property without permission. A law enacted this year gives wildlife officials authority to confiscate equipment, including rifles, … 1

• Shawn Vestal: Floyd’s tuition plan for WSU overdue, masterful

  October 10, 2012 in City on Page A5 At least one leader at Washington State University is kicking butt this year. President Elson Floyd has proposed holding the line on tuition increases. He has asked WSU’s Board of … 5

• Vestal: Victim seeks to extend abuse statute

  September 28, 2012 in City on Page A1 It happens every time a victim of child sexual abuse wins a lawsuit: the cries that these people are only in it for the money. Only in it for the … 22

• Sen. Brown was financially ready for campaign

    May 10, 2012 in City on Page A6 State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown perhaps was too prepared for her re-election bid. She already had ordered her campaign signs when she made the surprise announcement last week that … 1

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