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An additional $760 million in hoped-for state revenue evaporated in the latest economic forecast, and lawmakers began talking up the pros and cons of tax increases to help plug a budget shortfall now estimated at $2.7 billion.
Some workers say they could feel jackhammers pounding in the basement. Others noticed dust on their upstairs windows and desks, or grit in the air. Still others smelled fumes from welds or construction compounds.
Professional initiative promoter Tim Eyman says he’ll be back next year with another ballot measure, and how state lawmakers handle taxes in January will have a lot to do with what he proposes.
A state task force on open records issues has agreed unanimously that the Legislature should create a new Office of Open Records that can sort out public-records disputes.
The state Health Care Authority says it is scrapping a contract with insurer Aetna, which had planned to take over administration of the popular Uniform Medical Plan for state employees in 2010.
A state appeals court upheld a finding Tuesday that invalidated three of the Department of General Administration's rules for contracting out state services to the private sector.
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith said President Barack Obama did a good job of talking about those who have health insurance and are at risk of losing coverage during his speech Wednesday night.
• 'Tea Party' rally set for Saturday
• We'll pass health bill, Dems say
A few of Washington’s major labor groups say they are mad as heck and don’t want to take it any longer – and this time, they’re talking about their friends in the Democratic Party.
Here's one creative way that state lawmakers helped balance Washington's troubled budget: They assumed public employees will stay on the job longer and die sooner than expected once they finally retire.
Social conservatives who organized the Referendum 71 challenge to domestic-partnership rights for same-sex couples turned in fewer signatures than initially thought.
A political fight over the rights of same-sex couples is drawing nearer in Washington.
OLYMPIA – State Rep. Brendan Williams says his experiment with a telephone town hall meeting Tuesday night was a success, drawing a peak audience of 336 listeners at one point in the hourlong event.
Secretary of State Sam Reed’s office disputes a lawsuit that questions how secure voters’ secret selections are in Washington.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the state Supreme Court is aimed at blocking the use of bar codes on election ballots in Washington because they could be used to identify a voter’s choices.
Olympia Rep. Brendan Williams says he hopes to save taxpayer money and have a better talk with voters Tuesday evening using a telephone town hall and live-blog discussion of issues.
SPECIAL SECTION: 2009 Washington State Legislature