Seattle Mayor-elect Mike McGinn said during a radio interview Friday that he supports efforts to make it legal to use marijuana in Washington state. Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, has introduced a bill that would allow people 21 and older to use pot. Speaking to KUOW, McGinn noted that city voters [...]
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Washington State legislator [...]
A couple weeks ago Lee put up a post attempting to extrapolate data on how Washington State might feel about reforming our marijuana laws from a national survey. As it turns out, I was at a meet and greet with the 36th legislative district legislators, and during Q&A someone [...]
I agree wholeheartedly with the headline, if not the text of a recent Seattle Times editorial: “Washington state’s finances require long-term solutions.”
Of course, the one long-term solution the Times doesn’t mention is tax restructuring… you know, reforming our tax system so that revenues actually keep pace with growth in [...]
Washington State guard Klay Thompson (1) draws a foul on Idaho guard Kashif Watson, right, on his way to a layup during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game tonight at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman. ESPN game story and boxscore here.
Dan White infamously had the "Twinkie defense." Dan Noble may use the "Starbucks defense." Noble, the 31-year-old Moscow man accused of an erratic driving episode Monday morning that put two Washington State University students in the hospital, made his first appearance in Whitman County Superior Court Tuesday afternoon. [...]
The Washington State Bar Association has endorsed a bill that would decriminalize simple marijuana possession, reducing the maximum punishment from the current $1000 fine and 90 days in jail, to a $100 ticket.
Well… um… yawn.
It’s not that I don’t support the WSBA’s resolution, it’s just that it’s hard to [...]
The Washington State Bar Association, the body of 33,000 attorneys licensed in the state, endorsed a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would reduce the penalty for marijuana possession—currently up to a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail—to a $100 infraction. The WSBA's board of governors passed the [...]
Even if the Washington State budget wasn’t busted, it is unfair and bad policy to allow Oregon residents an exemption from sales taxes in Washington. Oregon does not allow Washington residents an exemption from their income tax. It is also unlikely that very many Oregon residents actually [...]
Inland Northwest college basketball teams rolled snake eyes Saturday, as three of the local favorites -- Gonzaga, Washington State, and Eastern Washington -- lost. Gonzaga's loss hurt the most because it was close and because it was lost by a forearm shiver delivered by one of the Zags' rising stars.' [...]
Let the Destruction of Society and Everything You Hold Dear Commence: Washington State's expanded domestic partnership benefits go live.
Seattle's Most Wanted Photographer: Police still searching for whoever took that photo of a fatally shot Maurice Clemmons.
This Morning in Sports: The general manager of the Seahawks announces plans to [...]
Gonzaga stormed back in the second half behind the play of senior Matt Bouldin and freshman Elias Harris to defeat Washington State 74-69 before 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. By overcoming a 15-point first-half lead, 17th-ranked GU (7-1) kept the Cougars (6-1) from becoming the first visiting team to win [...]
San Diego coach Bill Grier felt nearly powerless as he watched Washington State sophomore forward Klay Thompson score 43 points on his Toreros in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout. “If you watched the game, it didn’t look like we guarded him at all,” Grier said of [...]
