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Seattle Times: State Senate passes tax package, remains at odds with House on sales tax The Times homepage currently has the more optimistic headline Lawmakers still can't agree on sales tax ......

topics: senate, state-senate

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There are two ways to look at state Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown s income tax proposal. I suppose you could, as her office has done, brand it a high earners income tax, and in many ways, it is just that. Or, it would also be quite accurate to ...

topics: conservative, senate, state-senate

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Pills in a large bag inside the mock methamphetamine lab at the new National Clandestine Laboratory Training and Research Facilitat the DEA Training Academy in Quantico, Va. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) The state Senate on Friday passed a bill that w...

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Washington's nascent small batch producers of gin, vodka and whiskey got a boost from the state Senate on Wednesday....

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A controversial state Senate bill, aimed at saving time and money on major highway projects but criticized as short-circuiting opposition from places like Seattle, has died due to strong opposition....

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The state Senate has approved a measure that would expedite spending of new toll money to improve Highway 520 on the east side of Lake Washington, even before the arguments over the west end of the new bridge are settled....

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The state Senate late Monday approved a bill that would require paid signature gatherers to register with the state when they collect John Hancocks for initiatives....

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Working late into the night Monday, the state Senate voted to allow the state's three biggest colleges to set their own tuition rates. Senate Bill 6562 now heads to the House....

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As I was putting together Monday s post on the corruption within the Department of Corrections, there have been a few news items related to medical marijuana that I haven t had a chance to discuss. First and foremost, there was a court ruling that a...

topics: attorney-general, primary, senate, state-senate

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The state Senate on Thursday passed a bill designed to institute school reforms in hopes of capturing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money....

topics: senate, state-senate