OLYMPIA -- The Legislature came closer to stepping between two feuding hospital organizations in Spokane by changing laws that govern what happens when the board of a non-profit corporation deadlocks.House Bill 3046 allows a superior court judge more lattitude in solving an impasse on a…
OLYMPIA -- The state's top "numbers guy," Office of Financial Management Director Victor Moore, will be leaving that job to take over as top operator at the State Investment Board.Moore has served as head of OFM for five years, since Gov. Chris Gregoire first took…
OLYMPIA -- A new tax proposal would place unfair burdens on janitors, cigar sellers, plastic surgeons, candy makers and lawyers, opponents of a House plan said today.They'd also save vital services for schools, colleges, the poor and the sick, supporters of the proposal said.They're a…
OLYMPIA -- The House tax package gets a public hearing this morning to an overflow crowd at teh Finance Committee hearing.Both chambers have day time sessions, and are warning about night time sessions. Hmmm. Must be getting pretty close to the end of the 60th…