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Eye On Olympia archive for Jan. 2008

TUESDAY, JAN. 8, 2008

Paid family leave: How to pay?

One key thing that remains unsettled as lawmakers pack for a two month stay in Olympia: how to pay for the family leave program that would pay a $250-a-week stipend to help parents of new children stay home for a few weeks to bond with…

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FRIDAY, JAN. 4, 2008


On Eyman...

Initiative pro Tim Eyman this morning filed his still-unnumbered 2008 ballot measure: a proposal based partly on the suggestions contained in a recent state performance audit of the Department of Transportation.What it would do:-Allow all motorists to use carpool lanes at "non-peak" times, which Eyman…

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On taxes...

-Property tax foes are preparing an opening-day "Property Tax Tea Party" on the steps of the state capitol Jan. 14.-Initiative 960, approved by voters in November, requires extensive public notices of tax and fee proposals in Olympia, as well as the 10-year costs of them.…

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Whacky nation...

Much as I hate to add to the echo chamber -- a political blogger writing about a political blogger taking shots at yet another political blogger who's defended by etc. -- conservative former newspaperman and Whacky Nation blogger Lou Guzzo blasted contemporary colleague David Postman…

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