OLYMPIA – As state law enforcement officials began investigating more than 8,000 allegedly forged signatures for a pair of ballot measures, a legislative panel looked at changes to the century-old avenue for grass-roots democracy, the initiative process. One suggestion the Senate Governmental Operations Committee aired…
OLYMPIA -- Time is running out for "policy" bills -- the ones that don't affect the budget -- so today's hearing schedule is extremely full. Interested in changes to the initiative system, or genetically modified food, or changing the college tuition foreign students pay, or…
