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Unionized state workers weren't the only ones to wrap up negotiations with the governor last week. Large groups of state-paid service providers also concluded talks, with similar results.
Attorney General Rob McKenna on Friday sued the state Republican Party over alleged campaign finance violations, leading the party to file its own lawsuit contending its First Amendment rights are being violated.
The state Health Department on Thursday defined a two-month supply of medical marijuana as 24 ounces of usable pot and up to 15 plants, a limit designed to end a decade of confusion over how much patients are allowed to have.
As the clock ticked down Wednesday night, state prison employees were headed for two years without a contract, possibly meaning no raises.
OLYMPIA —
Thurston County could lay off or not fill vacancies for 50 jobs to offset a $4.3 million 2009 budget deficit, along with increasing the sales tax, officials said Tuesday.
• Thurston County employee salaries
The largest state worker union Monday approved a two-year deal that includes annual raises of 2 percent, plus an extra day off each year.
Even before state workers have approved them, legislators are talking about changing the contracts that unions negotiated with Gov. Chris Gregoire.