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• Court rejects challenge to anti-tax measure

  March 5, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Declining to wade into the middle of a family fight, Washington’s highest court on Thursday rejected Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s challenge to an anti-tax ballot measure. 1

• State park may be at risk

  March 5, 2009 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – As state park officials wrestle with a budget cut of up to $23 million over the next two years, they’re considering temporarily closing – or permanently getting rid …

• Mount Spokane among parks considered for closure

  March 4, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – As state park officials wrestle with a budget cut of up to $23 million over the next two years, they’re considering temporarily closing – or permanently getting rid … 1

• Politics gets personal with flurry of bills

  March 4, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – In the first of several days of marathon debate, Washington lawmakers Tuesday passed bills to protect breastfeeding mothers, help churches shelter the homeless, and provide emergency access to …

• Update to dog law unleashes outcry

  March 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – No, lawmakers aren’t declaring open season on Fido. On Monday, Washington’s state Senate approved one of the most misunderstood bills of the year: Senate Bill 5200.

• Lawmakers want union for state child care workers

  February 27, 2009 in City, Region OLYMPIA – With state child care subsidies well below the actual cost of caring for enrolled kids, some Spokane-area workers and lawmakers say it’s time to give the industry more … 5

• State to cut fish, wildlife employees

  February 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 OLYMPIA – Managers at the state Department of Fish and Wildlife have been telling more than 100 workers this week that their jobs may be axed, a victim of the …

• Plant’s electricity could gain value with ‘renewable’ status

  February 25, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – How do you instantly boost the value of the electricity generated by Spokane’s waste-to-energy incinerator? You declare it renewable energy.

• Children’s programs defended

  February 25, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Armed with barbecued chicken and ribs, children’s advocates from Spokane made a pilgrimage to Olympia on Monday to urge local lawmakers to look elsewhere when making billions of …

• Our View: Payday loan measure would help the poor

  February 25, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 Legislation has been introduced in Olympia to curb practices that trap desperate borrowers under crushing debt. The measure would reduce the fees that could be charged by payday lenders. It …

• Bill would turn Waste to Energy Plant green

  February 24, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – How do you instantly boost the value of the electricity generated by Spokane’s waste-to-energy incinerator? You declare it renewable energy. 3

• Lawmakers propose back-to-basics plan for road money

    February 24, 2009 in City, Region Top House and Senate lawmakers this afternoon unveiled their plan for spending $341 million in federal transportation money that’s coming to the state from President Obama’s economic stimulus plan.

• Officials clash over health board

  February 24, 2009 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – In what one senator described as “Spokane versus Spokane,” health and government officials clashed Monday over a proposal to remove most of the elected officials who now oversee …

• Studded tires not worth cost to state’s roads, senator says

  February 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – To state Sen. Chris Marr, it’s a simple cost-benefit analysis. The cost: an estimated $18.2 million a year in state road damage from metal tire studs hammering away … 13

• Lawmaker seeks studded-tire ban

    February 23, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – To state Sen. Chris Marr, it’s a simple cost-benefit analysis. The cost: an estimated $18.2 million a year in state road damage from metal tire studs hammering away … 25

• Elected officials oppose effort to remove elected officials from health board

  February 23, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – In what one senator described as “Spokane versus Spokane,” health and government officials clashed Monday over a proposal to remove most of the elected officials who now oversee … 5

• Bill would undo wheat farmers’ tax breaks

    February 20, 2009 in City Washington wheat farmers are upset about legislation that would undo tax breaks they have enjoyed since the Great Depression.

• Washington budget gets billions worse

  February 20, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Saying that “everything we feared could go wrong, did,” Washington’s economic forecaster Thursday said state revenues will likely drop another $2.3 billion by mid-2011, bringing the overall budget … 1

• Oil fee would fund pollution cleanup

  February 20, 2009 in City on Page A8 SEATTLE – Storm water runoff is a leading source of water pollution in the state, but who should pay to keep rivers, lakes and waters clean? Some lawmakers and environmentalists …

• Lawmakers seek to limit inmates’ access to records

  February 20, 2009 in City on Page A9 SEATTLE – An entrepreneurial spirit struck Allan Parmelee last fall as he sat in a Washington state prison, serving 17 years for bombing the cars of two attorneys. He wrote …

• Budget shortfall grows to $8 billion

  February 19, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Saying that “everything we feared could go wrong, did,” Washington state’s economic weather forecaster on Thursday said state revenues will likely drop another $2.3 billion by mid-2011, bringing …

• Washington state deficit will top $8 billion

  February 19, 2009 in Region OLYMPIA — Washington’s tax revenue is expected to drop another $2.3 billion through mid-2011, pushing the state’s projected deficit to about $8.3 billion, state officials said Thursday.

• Lawmakers whittle down cap-trade plan

  February 19, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A controversial “cap and trade” plan that would put Washington at the forefront of efforts to combat global warming has been dramatically watered down under pressure from businesses …

• Here’s bill of fare for outdoors legislation

  February 19, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Keep your guard up, your hopes in check, and maintain a firm grip on your wallet. The Washington Legislature is approaching the critical Feb. 25 cutoff that determines which among …

• State awaits gloomy budget news

  February 19, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S1 OLYMPIA – Today’s the day. After months of ever-worse budget news, lawmakers will today hear state forecasters’ best guess about how the treasury will fare over the next two years.

• Publishers seek state tax break

  February 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A14 Newspaper publishers implored lawmakers on Wednesday to give them a temporary break on the state’s main business tax, saying that some of the state’s papers are “holding on by our …

• Global warming bill struggles in Olympia

  February 18, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – A controversial “cap and trade” plan that would put Washington at the forefront of efforts to combat global warming has been dramatically watered down under pressure from businesses … 1

• Schools make their case to Washington legislators

  February 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – If you didn’t know better, it would have looked like a celebration. College marching bands and cheerleaders crammed into the state Capitol rotunda Tuesday, grinning and blasting out …

• Universities woo legislators with marching bands, ice cream

  February 17, 2009 in City If you didn’t know better, it would have looked like a celebration. College marching bands and cheerleaders crammed into the state capitol rotunda Tuesday, grinning and blasting out fight songs. …

• Senate Democrats seek more oversight for insurance rebates

  February 17, 2009 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Senate Democrats on Monday proposed increasing oversight of a business insurance rebate program, citing rebate overpayments of at least $150 million. Last week, the state Department of Labor …

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