Even as the state battles in court over whether it can ban some felons from voting, it's booting other felons from the rolls.On Thursday, Secretary of State Sam Reed announced that Washington has cancelled the voter registrations of 848 felons."We are upholding the law," Reed…
Okay, we'll write it first: There's a new Trooper on patrol at the governor's mansion in Olympia.Gov. Chris Gregoire and her family have a new shiba puppy to replace former First Dog "Franz", the family's longtime pomeranian. Franz was struck and killed by a car…
In another bit of international diplomacy, Gov. Chris Gregoire and top staff are headed tonight to Victoria, British Columbia, for a dinner and day of meetings with BC Premier Gordon Campbell and his staff.On the agenda: border security, mutual aid in emergencies, public health and…
President George Bush swooped into Seattle’s “Gold Coast” Friday, headlining a $1,000-a-person Republican fundraiser at an Internet millionaire’s mansion in the tiny city of Medina.“I’m excited and honored. He has had a really wonderful week,” said state GOP chairwoman Diane Tebelius, ticking off recent news,…
State insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined Apple Computer, Inc. $100,000 for selling tens of thousands of service contracts in Washington without registering.Under a seven-year-old law, any company that sells a service contract -- a promise to repair or replace a computer, appliance or other…
Breaking: King County Judge Mary Roberts has just thrown out 2001's Initiative 747 as unconstitutional. The measure had imposed a 1 percent cap on property tax increases, unless voters approved more.The lawsuit was brought by environmental, welfare rights, citizens groups and Whitman County.Reached by phone,…
For more on the collapse of Eyman's referendum, read our print story from this morning's paper.Some church leaders said Tuesday evening they might try again – but this time, probably without Eyman."It's almost inconceivable to me that we can't get 112,000 signatures, when we can…
Tim Eyman, who said yesterday that he'll be turning in his Referendum 65 petitions today at 4 p.m. now says he's running late. He'll be turning them in "closer to 5" he said in a phone call. Mike Fagan, flying in to Sea-Tac after gathering…
It was the best-covered non-event in Olympia Monday.Tim Eyman, who'd announced in an email last week that he'd be "bringing down petitions" to the Secretary of State's office Monday, showed up Monday as promised. Reporters figured "bringing down" petitions meaned "turning in" petitions, as did…
Tim Eyman says that, yes, he'll drop off petitions for Referendum 65 on Monday at 11 a.m. at the Secretary of State's office at 520 Union Street in Olympia. (CORRECTION: Eyman said he'd be "bringing down" petitions.)