In Tuesday morning's paper:OLYMPIA _ Trying to launch a big boat in rough waters, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers on Monday began making the case for a sweeping overhaul of Washington's education system.“All in all, we think this is the first comprehensive reform of…
House Democrats have just released a 48 page list of budget cuts that they say will save $640 million by June 30,2009. Among them: less spending on nursing homes, local mental health treatment and hospitals."We know there is going to be significant pain as a…
CNN has an interesting map up this morning, showing unemployment rates by state.The upshot: We're no Wyoming or North Dakota (when did you last hear that?), but Washington's still doing the best on the West Coast.
Short takes and breaking news from the Washington Legislature and the state capital.
