State Government

With Washington's Legislature still marking time for a budget-and-tax agreement to emerge, the spotlight this week has been on legislation passed and signed in the Other Washington. Attorney General Rob McKenna signed onto a multistate constitutional challenge, touching off a barrage of criticism from Gov.

Time sure flies when you're having fun ... and Washington lawmakers just can't get enough of the Capitol. The 60 days allotted for election-year sessions expire at midnight Thursday evening, and by now the House and Senate leaders are facing up to the prospect of going into overtime.