Gov. Chris Gregoire calls special session 12.03.2010, 07:26:53 OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Gregoire has called for a 7-day special session starting on Monday so that lawmakers can finish their work on patching a $2.8 billion budget hole.... |
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Wash. lawmakers settle on K-12 reforms 12.03.2010, 06:42:29 OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- State lawmakers passed a bundle of major education reforms Thursday, including a plan that should help the state compete for the Obama administration's $4.35 billion Race to the Top program.... |
WA Legislature toughens cell phone driving law 12.03.2010, 04:26:32 OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington state Legislature has approved a measure that makes it easier for police to ticket people who are driving while either texting or talking on a cell phone without a headset.... |
Les Schwab pays $2 million to settle EEOC suit 12.03.2010, 00:46:31 SEATTLE (AP) -- Les Schwab Tire Centers, one of the largest automotive businesses in the West, has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it refused to hire qualified women who applied for jobs changing tires.... |
Suspect in Seattle cop killing erupts at hearing 12.03.2010, 00:36:54 SEATTLE (AP) -- A man accused of killing a Seattle police officer lashed out during a court hearing when he compared a sheriff's deputy accused of assaulting a teenage girl to Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.... |
Cal serial killer's photos were found in Seattle 11.03.2010, 21:49:03 SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Prosecutors in California said convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala used his camera to gain the trust of young women. The photographs he snapped decades ago could contain images of more victims.... |
Italy murder convict blames Amanda Knox 11.03.2010, 21:23:06 ROME (AP) -- A man convicted in the 2007 slaying of a British student in Italy has written a letter implicating his co-defendants - former University of Washington student Amanda Knox and her boyfriend at the time, Raffaele Sollecito (sol-EH'-chee-toh).... |
More Lewis-McChord soldiers head for Afghanistan 11.03.2010, 17:01:17 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) -- About 600 soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan.... |