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ISSUE Gov. Chris Gregoire today partially vetoed Senate Bill 5073 – the medical-cannabis bill approved in the Legislature earlier this year. State Rep. Jim Moeller, who prime-sponsored the companion measure,…
OLYMPIA – Thanks to a bill signed today by Gov. Christine Gregoire, Washington students enrolled in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programmes (IB) will be able to graduate by earning the IB…
OLYMPIA – Washington state Rep. Sherry Appleton (D-23rd) has been appointed to the executive committee of the Council of State Governments-West (CSG-W), the division of the larger non-partisan Council of…
New York state has a process for meeting an attractive goal: slowing the growth of Medicaid spending to the level of medical inflation. The New York Times opined positively on…
Yes, a new budget remains unwritten. But the Legislature has crafted key victories OLYMPIA – Special session? Yes, OK, it’s true that the 2011 Legislature has set off on an…