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Is there a tax hike in your future?

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Governor Gregoire, who last December proposed closing the sta

More red ink: Budget gap nears $9b

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Senate OKs expanded domestic partner benefits

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Washington senators have voted 30-18 to expand the list of rights and benefits for same-sex do

Sort of stabilizing ... at awful

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Fresh news out of the state Revenue Forecast Council is that tax receipts for the past month are down $40 million from

Special legislative races coming up in '09

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It's an off-year for legislative-congressional-statewide elections -- blessed be our ears!-- but a number of counties will be picking

Gregoire's bond idea? Been there, done that.

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Governor Chris Gregoire is quoted as liking the idea of letting Washington voters decide whether to issue state bonds to h

Supremes decline to order simple majority vote on taxes

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A fresh opinion from the state high court, turning down Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s request to overturn

Funny, you don't LOOK 120!

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Fresh-faced Washington state turns 120 this November 11, notes Brian Dirks, comm director for Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen. So he

'Survivors' guilt' and layoffs ...

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Government employees are looking over their shoulders as lawmakers grapple with the sea of red ink ... and pink slips are prepared. How can the survivors help their departing colleagues? What's lame and what's helpful?

If you cry easily ...

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Don't read the new state economic forecast.

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