The council gets the budget outlook. From left, Marty Brown, Ross Hunter, Ed Orcutt and Steve Lerch. OLYMPIA -- While the map may say this is the state of Washington, a revenue forecast that is essentially no better or worse than February puts us "in…
If you are a true believer in one major political party or the other, you may find it difficult to stay friends with those in the opposite party, at least through the November election. Not long ago, that may have meant simply avoiding them in…
A Republican precinct committee officer is challenging the campaign advertising of a GOP candidate for state House. But the candidate, Ben Oakley, said he cleared his signs and logos with the state Public Disclosure Commission before he started using them. Oakley, a Republican, is running…
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