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House Transportation Chairwoman Judy Clibborn Responds to Ominous Elway Poll

On Monday the Seattle Times noted the release of a recent poll by Stuart Elway showing less-than-stellar support for the tax hikes included in the $10 billion transportation package proposed by H...

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Wall Street Getting Bearish on Washington Coal Exports?

Those unenthusiastic about the prospect of millions of tons of coal being shipped through the Pacific Northwest en route to Asian markets should be heartened by the stock prices of Peabody Energy....

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WA Lawmaker Temporarily Loses Grip on Reality; Says Bicyclists Are Polluters

It can happen to the best of us, when, as the essayist Lance Morrow once observed, "Language temporarily loses its self control; it veers around the room making drunken passes at reality, biting ...

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Gun Control Movement's 'Plan B': An Initiative May Be On the Way

With the Sandy Hook massacre adding unprecedented impetus for gun control nationwide, and local venture capitalist Nick Hanauer bankrolling a new group devoted to the movement, the lobbying around...

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Comment of the Day: Saving A Basset Hound Is Worth a Billion Trillion Dollars

Last week I noted the chunk of change recently dolled out by Seattle Public Utilities to free Nina the basset hound from a North Seattle drainage pipe. It was the second time in less than a year N...

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WSU Steaks Is Turning the College Into a Major Meat Market

Q: Why do Washington State University grads keep their diplomas on their dashboards?
A: So they can park in handicap spaces.

Q: How many Washington State University freshman does it take to chan...

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Gregoire White House Snubs Continue

The Gregoire snubs continued to pour in from the White House Monday, with new heads of the EPA, the Energy Department and budget office announced with nary a Christine mentioned.
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Report: 16 Percent of Washingtonians Struggled To Put Food on the Table in 2012

"Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?"

This was one of the question posed to thousands of households across t...

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Dildo-Weilding Women Make Men Very Happy In Bed

The way to a man's heart, it turns out, is through his butt.

A hot new book is out that offers a whole lot of hindsight, er, insight, into what makes a man happier and better in bed.

Want to mak...

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Comment of the Day: Pessimists Are More Cautious, But I Doubt They're Happier

Last week The Daily Weekly's shining face, Ellis Conklin, busted out a few words on a 10-year study that found pessimists - by in large - live longer than glass-half-full types. Naturally, the new...

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