King County Metro officials have raised bus driver pay dramatically while neglecting some promised service increases. Now, the wages threaten to cut into existing service.
Governors have become cautious about pardons in recent years, and that was before the shooting of four Lakewood officers at the hands of a parolee from Arkansas.
Amid reports that she might be asked to become the U.S. solicitor general, Gov. Chris Gregoire says her focus is on guiding the state through the worst economic challenges in 80 years. The White House...