Gov. Chris Gregoire has a message for members of Congress who are so paralyzed they can’t even pass a basic highway bill: Take a look at the Columbia River bridge on Interstate 5.
A lawyer and a citizen have each filed ethics complaints against Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna.
Same-sex marriage opponents are nearing the number of signatures they need to put a referendum on the November ballot to overturn the Legislature’s marriage law.
The City of Tacoma’s budget process is about to hit the road.
A coalition of Washington education groups has filed a citizen initiative asking voters to allow 40 public charter schools in the state over the next five years.
Puyallup’s five-story City Hall overlooking the library and Pioneer Park downtown won’t share space with the city police department or municipal court.
City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced Tuesday he’ll take Tacoma’s 2013-14 general fund budget planning out of City Hall next month and into its neighborhoods, where he’ll seek to “demystify” the process and gather input about city spending priorities from the public.
The chief of staff for the League of Education Voters filed a measure today that would ask voters this November to allow up to 40 charter schools in Washington — if supporters can accumulate 241,153 signatures by July 6 to get it on the ballot.
The state parks system is stepping up marketing of the pay-to-park Discover Pass this summer after disappointing early sales.
Eatonville’s mayor fired the town clerk last week and also demoted the police chief in an unrelated action.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna says Washington will need to ask voters to support a tax package to fund the state’s multi-billion dollar transportation needs, but his Democratic counterpart, Jay Inslee, isn’t ready to support any specific financing plan.
The Pierce County Council revised a charter amendment proposal Tuesday night to require that any new county tax be approved by a “supermajority” of five members.
Gov. Chris Gregoire is headed to Washington, D.C., to urge key senators to stop proposed cuts next year to the Air National Guard.
Eatonville’s mayor fired the town clerk last week and also demoted the police chief in a separate action.
Republican Sen. Cheryl Pflug is moving on to a new job, leaving an open seat that will help determine control of the state Senate.
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