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Mixed reception for lawmaker's family news
Three years ago, Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, stood up in the Washington House chamber and spoke passionately about her
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John Stang is a freelance writer who often covers state government and the environment. He can be reached on email at johnstang_8@hotmail.com and on Twitter at @johnstang_8
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Are restaurants cheating on sales taxes?
When a Bellevue restaurant owner pleaded guilty this summer to using illegal software to cheat on his state sales taxes,
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Court says Legislature isn't done on McCleary. So what now?
The state Legislature needs to speed up its compliance with the Washington state Supreme Court's McCleary ruling, the
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Democrats poised to have total control of Olympia
A couple weeks ago, state senate candidate Manka Dhingra hit the sidewalks knocking on doors. She ended up talking with
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State GOP says Sound Transit misled the public
Sound Transit deliberately misled the Legislature and voters on last year's $54 billion transit expansions package, GOP Senators