OLYMPIA – As supporters and opponents packed hearing rooms around the Capitol Monday, Washington moved a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage when the proposal gained its crucial 25th vote in the Senate. Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, announced she would vote yes on…
The City of Spokane issued about 20 parking tickets to the owners of vehicles who didn't obey the city's snow emergency rules late last week. The city declared a stage 2 snow emergency Thursday, which set into motion a plowing of residential streets and an…
OLYMPIA -- A proposal to give same-sex couples the ability to marry in Washington state may have the25 votes needed to pass the Senate. Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, a Camano Island Democrat who was officially undecided on the bill, announced this morning she would vote…
OLYMPIA -- A series of panels, pro and con, opened the overflow hearing on the same-sex marriage bill this morning. Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch Baptist Church, an opponent of the bill, told members of a Senate panel who have already made up their mind…
OLYMPIA -- The Legislature opened two overflow areas -- including the Senate gallery itself -- for the crowds who flocked to the capital to testify for and against a bill to legalize same sex marriage. "I will not tolerate any disruptions," Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-…
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