OLYMPIA -- The Senate could vote as early as Friday on a bill to require most state workers to take a day off a month without pay, Majority Leader Lisa Brown said today. Plans to cut costs or raise taxes will come out in phases,…
OLYMPIA -- Smokers who like Bronco, Champion, GT, Silver or 32degrees brand may want to stock up by the middle of February.As of Feb. 19, they have to be pulled from the shelves in Washington stores. Attorney General Rob McKenna is ordering them out of…
OLYMPIA -- House Speaker Frank Chopp said Democrats continue examining a wide range of tax changes or "revenue enhancements" to help close the state's budget gap, but when asked for specifics came up with two.One is eliminating a tax exemption for private airplanes, which he…
Spin Control has been incorrectly labelling the legislative session days this week, under the mistaken impression that one counts the days when they are actually in session. Turns out one counts all the days from opening gavel, even when they aren't around.Who knew? (OK, anyone…