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Income tax votes, through the years ...

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Tax Day post #2: As Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown and others talk

(Tea) Party like it's 1773

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Getting into and out of the Legislative Building during the lunch hour today was much harder than usual.

Capitol Kibbles

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Budget-cutting, tax revolt and deeper unemployment -- Happy Days Aren't Here Again. A few

The long and short of it ...

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Gettin' out of Dodge?

Budget crunch = rethinking prisons

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In recent decades, Washington has been the poster child for tough-on-crime legislation.

Taxes? Who the heck knows?

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Legislative Democrats' tussle over taxes continues, behind the scenes, as does their loathing for a no-new-revenue state budget.

If the Sine Die tree is blooming...

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State employees, public, friends – You may have seen this tree on your way into the Legislative Building:

Long-time Oly folks tel

So maybe 'Twilight 3' will be filmed in Washington...?

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One of the possible reasons why the teen vampire thriller “Twilight” (both the book series and the movie) has been such a hit around Wash

That college diploma may cost you more ...

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As higher education poises for deep budget cuts in Olympia, Governor Gregoire and others are proposing stiff tuition hikes to help offset.

Havin' flashbacks: Been there, done that

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As Washington lawmakers grapple with a deep recession and a budget gap approaching $9 billion, some Democrats are openly talking about something that has been the "third rail" of politics in this state -- the income tax. Senate M

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