OLYMPIA – A proposed constitutional amendment gave a Senate panel another chance to argue whether democracy is helped or hurt by requiring legislative super-majorities to approve tax increases. Definitely helped, Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, the sponsor of the amendment, told the Ways and Means Committee.…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers seems “misinformed” in her recent request to delay a government recommendation on the proposed Spokane tribal casino on the West Plains, the tribal chairman told a federal agency this week. But the tribe won’t object to the requested 45-day delay,…
OLYMPIA -- Non-profit gun clubs want the Legislature to tell the state to stop double-taxing them for the targets that skeet shooters use. The club pays a sales tax when it buys the clay pigeons in bulk, and is required to charge target shooters another…
If you're on Facebook, someone has probably sent you a link to this video, with Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama doing the evolution of Mom Dancing. Not to be outdone, conservative pundit Michelle Malkin now has her own video, which she calls The Evolution of…
OLYMPIA -- There are many different attempts to cement a requirement for a two-thirds supermajority for taxes into law. Today, the Senate Ways and Means Committee has a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment that would do that. The same panel also has a hearing…
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