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• Health care groups push for sales-tax hike

  April 17, 2009 in News Health care groups and advocates for low-income families are hoping lawmakers will ask voters to raise sales taxes. 5

• Tax, fee plans may induce sticker shock

  April 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – As Olympia struggles to agree on a major tax plan to send to voters in November, they’re also talking about a lot of small things that will never … 7

• Deal close on Washington school-funding overhaul

  April 16, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – In an eleventh-hour push, education advocates are calling on lawmakers and the governor to update the decades-old rule that spells out what the state should pay for in …

• Lawmakers propose sales tax increase

  April 16, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Voters this fall may find themselves asked this question: Would you be willing to pay a slightly higher sales tax if the millions of dollars it raises went … 3

• In brief: House backs plan to join popular-vote compact

  April 16, 2009 in City on Page A7 Washington could enter a compact with other states to cast its 11 presidential electoral votes for the national popular vote winner, under a measure approved by the Legislature. The House …

• Wash. Senate OKs bill to restore voting for felons

  April 15, 2009 in City The Senate has approved a bill that would let tens of thousands of felons get their voting rights back sooner.

• Guest opinion: Justice worth the cost

  April 14, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 What is the price of justice? In 2005, the price of justice in the state of Washington was three-tenths of 1 percent. That was the amount that the state spent …

• Washington auto dealers get OK to charge higher fees

  April 10, 2009 in City Car buyers are likely to be paying an extra $100 soon, after Washington lawmakers passed a bill intended to raise millions of dollars for struggling auto dealers. Gov. Chris Gregoire … 3

• 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

• Outdoors bill out of committee

  April 9, 2009 in Sports on Page B4 Sportsmen in Washington soon may find themselves with lighter wallets, a chance to fish with two poles and at least a couple of new wildlife commissioners. Substitute House Bill 1778 …

• 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

• Schools take hit in either state budget plan

  April 2, 2009 in City on Page A5 Neither of the proposed state spending plans being assembled by each legislative chamber in Olympia contains good news for schools. But if Kettle Falls School District Superintendent Greg Goodnight had …

• Millions proposed for Eastern Washington construction

  April 1, 2009 in City Finally, some good budget news out of Olympia. State lawmakers on Wednesday proposed billions of dollars on construction spending over the next two years, including millions for local universities, community …

• House budget proposal digs deeper into higher education

  March 31, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – A day after the Senate, House lawmakers proposed a budget plan that slices much deeper into higher education but spares K-12 education from some major cuts.

• Proposed Washington budget includes large cuts

  March 30, 2009 in City 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. 8

• Bill latest volley in fishing war

  March 27, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Trying to broker a truce in a long-running dispute, state lawmakers are considering stripping the state Fish and Wildlife Commission of its role overseeing commercial fishing. The move …

• Lawmakers target Fish and Wildlife Commission

  March 26, 2009 in Region Trying to broker a truce in a long-running dispute, lawmakers are considering stripping the state Fish and Wildlife Commission of its role overseeing commercial fishing. The move – likely to …

• Senate road plan includes Spokane projects

  March 26, 2009 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – The state Senate on Wednesday proposed a $4.3 billion transportation budget that would include $38 million more for the North Spokane Corridor and $250,000 for work on a …

• Marmot scurries toward state title

  March 25, 2009 in City, Region It’s cute, it’s friendly, it greets others of its kind by touching noses and smelling cheeks. It likes to sunbathe on rocks and hang out in the summer along Hurricane …

• Bill takes on Pinecroft again

  March 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – It doesn’t look like a battleground, but a Spokane Valley mobile home park is again at the heart of a state clash between environmental concerns and affordable housing. … 1

• Lawmakers target mobile home septic systems

  March 23, 2009 in City It doesn’t look like a battleground, but a Spokane Valley mobile home park is once again at the heart of a state clash between environmental concerns and affordable housing. 1

• Bill eases voting obstacle for felons

  March 22, 2009 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – For tens of thousands of convicted felons in Washington state, only one thing stands between them and the ballot box: debt. Under current law, felons can’t vote until …

• Lawmakers urged to fix U.S. 195 intersection

  March 16, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Two months to the day after a 16-year-old motorist was killed pulling onto U.S. Highway 195, her family and friends traveled to Olympia to call on state lawmakers …

• Our View: House rekindles hope despite WEA opposition

  March 15, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 Unless political leadership in Olympia takes charge, school reform could end with a whimper. Two bills that carried the tenets of Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Washington Learns initiative and the Legislature’s …

• Labor group’s threat kills bill

  March 12, 2009 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – State lawmakers have killed a labor-backed bill and called for a Washington State Patrol investigation after an organized labor group threatened to tie votes to campaign donations. “The …

• Bill killed after e-mail threat from labor group

  March 11, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – State lawmakers have killed a labor-backed bill and called for a State Patrol investigation after an organized labor group threatened to tie votes to campaign donations.

• Senate OKs more same-sex rights

    March 11, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Two years after Washington launched a controversial domestic partners registry for same-sex couples, the state Senate late Tuesday voted to grant the partners virtually all the rights of …

• Senate approves youth concussion bill

  March 11, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Prompted by the case of a high school football player paralyzed after suffering two concussions, Washington’s state Senate on Monday approved a bill that would require a medical …

• Washington Senate approves rights for same-sex couples

  March 10, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Two years after Washington launched a controversial domestic partners registry for same-sex couples, the state Senate late Tuesday voted to grant the partners virtually all the rights of …

• Budget crisis hits close to home

  March 10, 2009 in City As budget writers in the statehouse huddle behind closed doors, thousands of people across Eastern Washington – college students, single moms, elderly people, workers and taxpayers – have a big … 1

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