Via MSNBC comes this AP story about a Kansas video production company that for 30 years was Wal-Mart's in-house recorder of meetings and presentations.Wal-Mart ended the deal in 2006, a move that left Flagler Productions with an awful lot of video that unions and attorneys…
State Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst, a Gonzaga Law grad, is running for a second six-year term."For me, it's not about ideology," she said in a campaign announcement. "It's about making common sense decisions within the letter of the law."The conservative Building Industry Association of…
The battle lines in the governor's race seem pretty clearly drawn already. More from today's paper:Gregoire criticized Rossi, who launched his own campaign months ago, as a doom-and-gloom naysayer “who does nothing but criticize and promote fear across the state.”Rossi fired back, saying that Gregoire…
Catching up...Our Jim Camden, on the decision by Washington's state Democrats to hold conventions to nominate their candidates this year:Democratic State Chairman Dwight Pelz said the conventions are necessary because the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the state primary initiative took away the influence parties…
LegalNewsLine has a good overview of the race for Attorney General, in which Pierce County executive John Ladenburg, a Democrat, is aiming to oust Republican incumbent Rob McKenna.Among their differences: whether to unionize support staff in the AG's office. Ladenburg also says he supports a…
As a way to discourage the waste spawned by hundreds of millions of plastic and paper bags, the Seattle Times reports today that city officials are proposing making stores charge customers 20 cents for each disposable bag. Customers would be encouraged to bring their own…
In the race to replace retiring state Rep. Lynn Schindler, R-Otis Orchards, local attorney Matt Shea has a big early lead in fundraising.Shea, according to financial disclosure reports filed with the state, had raised about $13,500 for the race by late February. Fellow contenders Diana…
Among the bills signed into law by Gov. Chris Gregoire this week was Senate Bill 6237, a seemingly minor bill to modify eligibility criteria for prisoner-of-war license plates.The bill, however, was the culmination of a decade-long fight by a Korean War veteran named Dean Gehring…
Crosscut's David Brewster has a good piece today about House Speaker Frank Chopp, a behind-the-scenes dealmaker who has amassed a large Democratic majority while wielding tremendous clout over what bills move and what don't in Olympia. He describes Chopp as:a veteran poverty warrior from Fremont…
More from today's paper:Wrapping up the last of more than 300 bills, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday signed dozens of legislative measures, including a supplemental budget and a controversial bill aiming to limit toxic chemicals in toys.But the governor also wielded her veto pen, cutting…
After using her veto pen to slice off about $15 million (sorry about that $500k for the wastewater treatment plant, Airway Heights), Gov. Chris Gregoire today approved a $291 million supplemental operating budget that leaves $850 million in savings.Here's a handy list that includes some…
Josh Feit, political writer for Seattle's The Stranger, is leaving.I’ve been planning this for a while (I wanted to get in one more legislative session), so I’ve saved enough money to cool out for a bit while looking for a new job. he writes on…
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