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Republicans hold the right cards in Olympia
In the wings of the state Senate on Friday evening, a whisper came around: A long-stalled education bill would be
Tom James
Tom James is a feature writer and photographer from Kingston, Washington, who has reported from Seattle, Olympia, Guatemala, Jordan, and the Olympic Peninsula on topics ranging from drug use in the Na
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Does better school funding require a new deadline?
After an earlier fight over a deadline for funding schools seemed close to dividing the Legislature, some Republicans are pushing
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State representative comes down with whooping cough
A Washington State Representative has whooping cough and stayed home because of it Monday. A spokesperson for House Republicans confirmed
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The $1 million fence: Senators confident about plans to shut down 'Jungle'
State Sen. Reuven Carlyle trusts the mayor. Carlyle, a Democrat from Queen Anne, led the charge to get $1 million
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Tax break for gun stores left out of suicide prevention bill
Democratic legislators in a state House committee say expense was the reason for cutting a key incentive from a suicide