After a week of behind the scenes compromises, the midnight deadline loomed and waned as Washington lawmakers failed to pass a state budget. That puts a special session on the horizon. According to the Olympia Report, the bone of contention was a provision added by Democrats that would have delayed ...
Reports from two independent analysts looking at the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project show grave reservations about the scope of the project and outdated data used to plan it. In its July, 2011 report to the governors of Washington and Oregon, London-based RBConsult Ltd. writes that “In the absence ...
Last April the governors of Washington and Oregon announced plans to break ground on the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project in 2013, and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber promised an independent financial review of the CRC’s financial options. “I appreciate very much the concerns about financing expressed by my longtime ...
Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a move that sparked promises of a referendum from opponents. Last week the bill was passed by a vote of 55 to 43 in the Washington State House of Representatives, according to a story in The Olympia ...
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