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Published May 18th, 2013 - 3:37AM
The Washington Beer & Wine Distributors Association is asking the city of Olympia to hold off on pursuing a mandatory ban on certain single-serve alcohol drinks and allow local distributors to voluntarily stop distributing the adult beverages.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 10:26AM
Cities, towns and counties will soon have more input on where groups of released inmates can live when the state is paying their rent.
Published May 16th, 2013 - 2:17PM
The state Liquor Control Board has been working since voters legalized the drug last November in anticipation of handing out licenses this December. Today the board issued a 46 page document detailing what regulations might look like for growers, processors and retail sellers.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 9:31PM
At a high school baseball game in his hometown last week helping sell raffle tickets to benefit his favorite charity, Andy Hill made his pitch with a personal story.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 2:43PM
Washington lawmakers are considering ways to make it easier for citizens to recall elected officials, holding a work session Wednesday that explored the hurdles people face when they try to pursue such a campaign.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 3:10AM
The state Liquor Control Board has promoted deputy director Rick Garza to director, putting him at the helm of an effort to create a system of licensed, taxed and regulated marijuana.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 2:51AM
Thousands of Defense Department employees in Pierce and Thurston counties are still facing the likelihood of unpaid time off this summer, but not as much as the Pentagon initially proposed.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 12:05AM
The biggest piece of an $8.78 billion transportation proposal in the Legislature – the project to finish state Routes 167 and 509 in Pierce and King counties – hasn’t garnered much criticism. The controversy has, instead, been over the taxes that would pay for it.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:10PM
A Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to make changes to the state's impaired driving laws, including making driving under the influence a felony on the fourth conviction, rather than the current law that has it at five within 10 years.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 10:44AM
The state of Washington could pay as much as $475,000 for an outside study of three Transportation Department megaprojects - the Highway 520 floating bridge on Lake Washington, the Highway 99 tunnel under downtown Seattle, and an Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 10:40AM
Pierce Transit’s board voted Monday to cut 84 positions, or nearly 10 percent of the agency’s workforce, to prepare for a major service reduction at the end of September.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 6:59AM
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has narrowed his list of top priorities for lawmakers to address in a special session, saying Monday that the Legislature must focus on the operating budget, a transportation-funding package and new legislation to crack down on drunken drivers.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Thirty people have applied for the Lakewood city manager job as the hunt to find the next executive of Pierce County’s second-largest city shifts into high gear.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 7:43AM
As lawmakers debate how much money to spend on schools and state government, the budget proposal by House Democrats represents the high-water mark — one that even they cannot meet.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Local cities and public agencies will be asked to help cover the costs of providing security and other services when the Chambers Bay Golf Course hosts the U.S. Open in two years.


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