WHAT ABOUT JOBS?! ► In today’s Olympian — Partisan budget snaggle leads to special session — Meanwhile, negotiators also are working on a bipartisan capital...
By TERESA MOSQUEDA Health care consumers scored a significant, historic victory with last week’s Senate passage of HB 2319, which implements the Affordable Care Act in...
OLYMPIA (March 7) — Amid the state budget drama of the past week and the prospect of an extended special legislative session, one critically important issue...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► In today’s Bellingham Herald — Proposal to merge educators’ health care comes under attack— About 250 educators and their supporters rallied at...
By REP. CHRIS REYKDAL It began like any other cut-off afternoon in Olympia complete with legislators, lobbyists, and staff scrambling to ensure that priority bills do,...
UPDATE (March 8, 2012) — The House has passed the Washington Filmworks renewal legislation and tit is headed to Gov. Cgris Gregoire’s desk for signature. OLYMPIA...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► From AP — Top lawmakers work toward budget deal— Lawmakers are hoping to strike a budget deal before the 60-day legislative session...
SEATTLE — With the slow recovery from the Great Recession still underway, unemployment in the United States remains at levels not seen for decades. Benefits dwindle;...
UPDATE — The deadline for film submissions has been extended to Friday, April 20. At its 2011 Convention, Washington State Labor Council delegates approved a resolution...
By SEN. NICK HARPER The life-blood of democracy is transparency. Transparency is the only way in which the democratic process can truly be representative of the...
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