Marijuana Initiative 502 certified to Legislature/ballot
Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed’s office has certified Initiative to the Legislature 502, decriminalizing marijuana and regulating it and taxing it much like liquor.
Forum spotlights new book on Slade Gorton's career
Former state Attorney General and U.S. Senator Slade Gorton is the featured guest at a forum
Former state Attorney General and U.S. Senator Slade Gorton is the featured guest at a forum
Reed asks lawmakers to trim elections costs
Not printing full ballot measure text in Voters Pamphlet would save hundreds of thousands of dollars
Not printing full ballot measure text in Voters Pamphlet would save hundreds of thousands of dollars
Lawmakers working on PCO elections fix
A House panel has passed a bill that might resolve the issue of whether the elections
A House panel has passed a bill that might resolve the issue of whether the elections
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Marijuana Initiative 502 certified to Legislature/ballot
Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed’s office has certified Initiative to the Legislature 502, decriminalizing marijuana and regulating it and taxing it much like liquor. Sponsors submitted enough signatures to assure consideration by the Legislature and, failing success there, a statewide vote on the General Election ballot. A signature-check by the State Elections Division, using ... MORE »
Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed’s office has certified Initiative to the Legislature 502, decriminalizing marijuana and regulating it and taxing it much like liquor. Sponsors submitted enough signatures to assure consideration by the Legislature and, failing success there, a statewide vote on the General Election ballot. A signature-check by the State Elections Division, using ... MORE »And the “Archives treasures” poll winner is…
The votes are in, our online poll is closed, and we know the winner of our January “Archives treasures” contest featuring items in our State Archives: the Washington territorial seal. The seal received 38 percent of the vote, edging the boxing license applications submitted by heavyweight greats Muhammad Ali and George Foreman (33 percent) and ... MORE »
The votes are in, our online poll is closed, and we know the winner of our January “Archives treasures” contest featuring items in our State Archives: the Washington territorial seal. The seal received 38 percent of the vote, edging the boxing license applications submitted by heavyweight greats Muhammad Ali and George Foreman (33 percent) and ... MORE »Lawmakers working on PCO elections fix
A House panel has passed a bill that might resolve the issue of whether the elections of Precinct Committee Officers can still be run by the state. PCOs are local Republican and Democratic Party leaders who run neighborhood precinct organizations and help fill office vacancies. The issue surfaced last year when U.S. District Court Judge ... MORE »
A House panel has passed a bill that might resolve the issue of whether the elections of Precinct Committee Officers can still be run by the state. PCOs are local Republican and Democratic Party leaders who run neighborhood precinct organizations and help fill office vacancies. The issue surfaced last year when U.S. District Court Judge ... MORE »A Senate surprise for Slade
Photo courtesy of Washington State Senate When former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton traveled south to Olympia, he assumed he was just coming to talk with state senators about the new legislative boundaries that he and the other State Redistricting Commission members finalized recently. But unbeknownst to Gorton, the Senate had a surprise in store for ... MORE »
Photo courtesy of Washington State Senate When former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton traveled south to Olympia, he assumed he was just coming to talk with state senators about the new legislative boundaries that he and the other State Redistricting Commission members finalized recently. But unbeknownst to Gorton, the Senate had a surprise in store for ... MORE »I thought YOU were bringing chains!
Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives Believe it or not, this photo is not of last week’s monumental snow and ice storm. While the last thing anyone might want to see right now is snow and ice on roads, it’s interesting to ponder how a winter storm of this magnitude would have been handled in ... MORE »
Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives Believe it or not, this photo is not of last week’s monumental snow and ice storm. While the last thing anyone might want to see right now is snow and ice on roads, it’s interesting to ponder how a winter storm of this magnitude would have been handled in ... MORE »
This Day in Washington History
January 28, 1900
The first carload of sugar made from beets arrived in Spokane. The plant had been built in Waverly beginning in March, 1899. The Legislature offered a bounty of 1 cent per pound.
The first carload of sugar made from beets arrived in Spokane. The plant had been built in Waverly beginning in March, 1899. The Legislature offered a bounty of 1 cent per pound.
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