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Olympia: Minimum wage, gas tax on the agenda
Bills to increases Washington's minimum wage and to impose mandatory sick leave at many companies are expected to
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Democrats stall a Senate transportation package
It was a desperate last-gasp parliamentary trick. No one knew if it would work. In fact, no one knows yet
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Field Notes from Olympia: What if lawmakers were more like the people they serve?
Observing the state legislature, I am struck by how different most lawmakers are from the constituents they represent. Washington’s
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Would a new pipeline ease state’s oil train worries?
As the debates over transporting oil by rail increase, Sen. Mike Baumgartner wants the state to study a potential east-west