Legislature

Judicial race funding scrutinized

Talk of using public financing in Washington Supreme Court races hasn't died out entirely at the state Legislature, despite a $5.1 billion budget shortfall and a quiet election season for justices this year.

Williams proposes next term could be last

Rep. Brendan Williams, a prolific bill writer and fundraiser, says his unopposed campaign this year will be his last.

State GOP looks to voters for a rebound

Can the rich get richer? Legislative Democrats hope so.

Legislators might revisit state worker contracts

Even before state workers have approved them, legislators are talking about changing the contracts that unions negotiated with Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Bill signings for March 28

Gov. Chris Gregoire on Friday signed the following bills into law. The governor partially vetoed Third Substitute House Bill 1741, House Bill 2835, Substitute Senate Bill 6743 and Substitute Bill 6807.

Gregoire signs bills

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the following bills into law Thursday:

Gregoire signs several bills into law Tuesday

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the following bills Tuesday:

Checks roll in as Gregoire decides fate of measures

OLYMPIA — Chris Gregoire's re-election campaign is accepting campaign checks even as the first-term governor decides the fate of several hundred bills interest groups lobbied to pass and kill during this year's legislative session.

GOP defends flooding stance

Furious about Democrats' criticisms of their work on flood recovery and guardedly optimistic about new plans for the Chehalis River area, local Republican lawmakers have their sights set on the future.

Legislature approves four earth-friendly bills

The environmental community's four top priority bills survived the 2008 state legislative session, but two of them were watered down to achieve political support.