Thu., Feb. 15, 2007
That's freshman Sen. Chris Marr, after the Senate overwhelmingly passed his bill to add tens of thousands of low- and middle-income kids to state-subsidized health coverage over the next two years.Click here to read the full print story.
Thu., Feb. 15, 2007
Valentines' Day promotions:-Sen. Janea Holmquist, who yesterday introduced a bill "to reinstate the voters' first and true love: the blanket primary." (SB 6048) The bill would reinstate the vote-for-anyone-in-any-party primary the state had for decades until a party lawsuit torpedoed it. To avoid a repeat,…
Thu., Feb. 15, 2007
These characters drew plenty of attention yesterday as they strolled the capitol grounds in a steady rain. "Your guilty!" one passerby shouted at them. "Yes, very guilty," agreed the larger-than-life Dick Cheney head.Inside the costumes were Eastside Fellowship of Reconciliation director Linda Boyd, dressed as…
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