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| Construction in doldrums; jobs bill on hold in Olympia | The line snaked outside Local 440 in Seattle's Central District, plumes of cigarette smoke rising among the silhouettes. |
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| Are cuts reform or class warfare? Lawmakers differ | One state labor-union leader is calling a Republican proposal to cut pension benefits for future state employees an act of 鈥渃lass warfare.鈥 Republican Sen. Joe Zarelli defends it as 鈥渞eform.鈥 Senate Democratic leaders call it wrong and unnecessary, and Gov. Chris Gregoire is taking鈥 |
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| State weighs more private contracts for services in cost-savings measure | A decision is due by October on whether to roughly double the amount of central state-government printing that is farmed out to private companies. That will follow other potential boons to the private sector this summer, when state officials are to decide if companies should be tapped to鈥 |
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| GOP to offer state budget compromise | Senate Republicans plan to roll out a compromise state budget Thursday morning that reduces their proposed cuts to education and other areas of spending. |
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| Don't balance budget by raiding art collection, artists urge | A proposal to sell off some of the state's art collection to balance the budget isn't getting rave reviews among artists or lawmakers. |
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| Gregoire suggests small step first | With most legislators still at home, their leaders met Tuesday with Gov. Chris Gregoire in search of a solution to the state鈥檚 budget problems. The four legislative leaders reached no agreements on a key sticking point. Gregoire told them to set that aside and come up with a way to鈥 |
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| Budget talks continue on day 2 of special session | Gov. Chris Gregoire met on Tuesday with key lawmakers in a continuing effort to broker a deal on the state budget impasse, but no breakthrough has yet been reached. |
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| Washington special legislative session begins | A special session of the Washington Legislature started Monday, but only a handful of lawmakers were in town while House and Democratic leaders try to come to an agreement over the supplemental budget. |
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| Special session begins today in Olympia, but with limited agenda | Gregoire says she has agreements from Washington lawmakers to stick to a limited agenda in the special session that starts at noon Monday. Short does not mean easy, and every expectation is for a slow start. Even if the Legislature buckles down, the work list is significant. |
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| Budget coup that really wasn't | Thank you, state legislative rebels, for pulling off a political coup to veer the 2012 lawmaking session right off the road. |