WA property tax campaign moves toward fall ballot

By The Associated Press, seattlepi.com

Professional initiative promoter Tim Eyman could move his latest campaign closer to the ballot if he hands over nearly 300,000 valid petition signatures to Washington state officials.
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Recession increases demand for state help

By Curt Woodward, The Associated Press, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)

Higher demand for government services is pushing Washington's state budget deeper into the red amid the lingering recession.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles

By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org

States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system. Read More

Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds

By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer

States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes. Read More

Wash., Idaho fall near middle on obesity rankings

By The Associated Press, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)

WASHINGTON — Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: Obese baby boomers. Read More

Aid case increase adds to budget shortfall

By Brad Shannon, The Olympian

More Washington residents will receive Medicaid and children's health assistance in the next two years than earlier forecast, creating a $250 million shortfall in the state's already-strained budget. Read More

EPA -- State must conduct review, hold hearings on latest coal-plant proposal

By Scott Rothschild, The Lawrence Journal-World

The federal EPA has essentially told the state and Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to start over in considering a permit to build a coal-burning power plant in southwest Kansas. Read More

Time to stock up on your favorite liquor

By Olympian staff, The Olympian

State workers are scrambling to fix a distribution problem that has crimped the flow of alcohol to customers across the state, as liquor stores and restaurants are gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year. Read More

Speculation grows for Boeing 787 plant in South Carolina

By Staff Reports, The Seattle Times

Reports that Boeing is negotiating to buy a key link in the 787 Dreamliner's global supply chain have intensified speculation it may be laying the groundwork for putting a second final-assembly plant out of state. Read More

Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes

By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor

More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes. Read More

Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state

By The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Read More

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Elected: November 2004, 2008
Term expires: January 2013

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