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As I blogged about a week and a half ago, I'm moving on to a new job. (Here's my farewell column.)I'll set up a URL redirect on www.eyeonolympia.com in the next day or so. Tempting though it is to steer you faithful readers to The Onion, I'll probabl...

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The state's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate is now 9.3 percent, up 2/10ths of a percent from May's revised rate of 9.1 percent. We are beginning to see signs that our economy may be stabilizing and recovery efforts are working, but it will take...

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The Faith & Freedom PAC, one of several groups trying to get a referendum on the November ballot to repeal the state's everything but marriage law for domestic partners, says that it has gathered more than half the signatures it needs. Conservative...

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Much talk -- particularly from Republicans -- today about Boeing's decision to spend $580 million to buy a South Carolina plant that makes parts for the delayed new 787 aircraft.First out of the gate, at 5:45 a.m. this morning, was the governor's off...

topics: democrats, republicans

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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray says she's included $11 million in a senate spending bill for a new Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training facility at Fairchild Air Force Base.The SERE training teachers aviators what to do to avoid capture and su...

topics: committee, senate

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So what measures will voters see on the fall ballot?Well, they won't see Initiative 1043, which would have required the state to verify that someone's a citizen or legal immigrant before issuing them a driver's license or most public benefits. It als...

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We've lost another good one: Olympian reporter Adam Wilson is leaving to become the speechwriter for Gov. Chris Gregoire. With a young family to support and a longtime interest in politics and policy, the job seems like a good fit for Wilson in this ...

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Local farmers today filed a lawsuit against a large-scale feedlot in Franklin County, saying that the cattle operation could use hundreds of thousands of gallons of groundwater a day in one of the driest areas of the state.The case could mushroom int...

topics: attorney-general, candidate, conservative

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This sounds counterintuitive, until you look at the price of a box of macaroni and cheese versus that of a handful of stir-fry vegetables:According to the private Washington State Budget & Policy Center, shoppers in rural Washington have a harder tim...

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It's summer, and my blog numbers need a boost, so here's this, from the Associated Press:Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species.Theworm has been seen only four reported times...