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WashingtonVotes.org will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the 2012 Regular Session of the Washington State Legislature that convenes today, January 9th. This free website allows interested citizens, media, activists, government affairs professionals...
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WashingtonVotes.org will continue to track legislation during the 2nd Special Legislative Session that began on November 28, 2011. Please check back regularly to see what new bills have been proposed. WashingtonVotes.org will also track legislation during...
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Looking for an election resource? Here are a couple of good sources: Washington Policy Center's Election Resource Page , Secretary of State Online Voters Guide , and Election Results .
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Is there a particular question or issue that you would like more information on during the 2011 Election? Let us know and we will try to provide you, the voter, with plain-English summary like our bill reviews. For additional information, visit the Washington...
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The 2011 Legislative Session is officially over. In the closing hours lawmakers rushed to pass both the state's Operating and Capital budgets, as well as reforms to the worker compensation program and the state's debt limit. Do you think lawmakers...
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Is Special Session about to end? This morning there are several news reports citing several possible deals to bring this year's legislative action to a close. Here is a blog post by Brad Shannon of The Olympian that provides a good overview on the...
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As the 2011 Legislature continues to slog through the closing days of the first special session, some are asking what's next. Here is an Associated Press article highlighting the possibility of a government shutdown: WA preps for July shutdown as...
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What do you think of a Special Session? It's official, the Governor and lawmakers have agreed to the terms that will allow the legislature the extra time they need to finalize the state's budgets. Lawmakers failed to finish their work on time...
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As the final days of the 2011 Regular Session slip away, the House and Senate have yet to agree to a budget deal. This means lawmakers will have to come back to Olympia in for an unscheduled Special Session. During a Special Session should lawmakers only...
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Last night the Senate unveiled their 2011-13 Operating Budget proposal. There are some glaring differences between the House and Senate balance sheets, which means there is still a lot of work to be done with only 12 days of Session remaining. Here is...
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Are taxes increases still on the table? Yesterday lawmakers in Olympia introduced HB 2078 , which would seek to increase state tax collections to add back certain programs cut from the proposed House Budget. In addition, there have been several ballot...
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Have you commented on the proposed operating budget? Time may be running out. Yesterday the House Ways & Means Committee passed the 2011-13 budget from Committee. During the debate in Committee several amendments were heard, and some passed. Now the...
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Yesterday the House Democrats released their budget proposal . Have you had a chance to read it the budget? What are your thoughts? Here is a good blog post , by Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center, capturing several first impressions on the...
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Update: Be sure to follow @WaVotes or @OlympiaWatch on Twitter for ongoing budget discussion and updates. -- Later today the House will make available the details of its proposed operating budget, HB 1087 . The budget will not be released to the public...
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Budget time? More rumors abound that first year House Budget Chair, Rep. Ross Hunter , is poised to release an operating budget as early as this coming Monday. Here is a good blog entry from AWB were Rep. Hunter and Senate Budget Chair Ed Murray discuss...
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