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[...]I agree wholeheartedly with the headline, if not the text of a recent Seattle Times editorial: “Washington state’s finances require long-term solutions.”
Of course, the one long-term solution the Times doesn’t mention is tax restructuring… you know, reforming our tax system so that revenues actually keep pace with growth in [...]
Washington State guard Klay Thompson (1) draws a foul on Idaho guard Kashif Watson, right, on his way to a layup during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game tonight at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman. ESPN game story and boxscore here.

Dan White infamously had the "Twinkie defense." Dan Noble may use the "Starbucks defense." Noble, the 31-year-old Moscow man accused of an erratic driving episode Monday morning that put two Washington State University students in the hospital, made his first appearance in Whitman County Superior Court Tuesday afternoon. [...]
The Washington State Bar Association has endorsed a bill that would decriminalize simple marijuana possession, reducing the maximum punishment from the current $1000 fine and 90 days in jail, to a $100 ticket.
Well… um… yawn.
It’s not that I don’t support the WSBA’s resolution, it’s just that it’s hard to [...]
The Washington State Bar Association, the body of 33,000 attorneys licensed in the state, endorsed a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would reduce the penalty for marijuana possession—currently up to a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail—to a $100 infraction. The WSBA's board of governors passed the [...]

Even if the Washington State budget wasn’t busted, it is unfair and bad policy to allow Oregon residents an exemption from sales taxes in Washington. Oregon does not allow Washington residents an exemption from their income tax. It is also unlikely that very many Oregon residents actually [...]
Inland Northwest college basketball teams rolled snake eyes Saturday, as three of the local favorites -- Gonzaga, Washington State, and Eastern Washington -- lost. Gonzaga's loss hurt the most because it was close and because it was lost by a forearm shiver delivered by one of the Zags' rising stars.' [...]
Let the Destruction of Society and Everything You Hold Dear Commence: Washington State's expanded domestic partnership benefits go live.
Seattle's Most Wanted Photographer: Police still searching for whoever took that photo of a fatally shot Maurice Clemmons.
This Morning in Sports: The general manager of the Seahawks announces plans to [...]
Gonzaga stormed back in the second half behind the play of senior Matt Bouldin and freshman Elias Harris to defeat Washington State 74-69 before 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. By overcoming a 15-point first-half lead, 17th-ranked GU (7-1) kept the Cougars (6-1) from becoming the first visiting team to win [...]

San Diego coach Bill Grier felt nearly powerless as he watched Washington State sophomore forward Klay Thompson score 43 points on his Toreros in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout. “If you watched the game, it didn’t look like we guarded him at all,” Grier said of [...]
Washington State's Child Protective Services confirmed that the agency had "founded" - or substantiated - a complaint of child sexual abuse in October against Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in the fatal shooting of four Lakewood Police officers.
DSHS spokeswoman Sherry Hill said the agency received a complaint from [...]

It is now time to consider once more, a realignment of schools and conferences. For many years, Washington State has proven with only one or two exceptions that they can't compete regularly in the PAC-ten. Then we have number 6 ranked Boise State, 12 and zip, once more. clearly, they are overmatching' [...]
Andrew Sullivan bait: Sarah Palin is spending Thanksgiving in Washington state—in the Tri-cities area—and took part in today's Red Cross Turkey Trot. KHQ News caught up with Palin this morning and asked her the kind of question Katie Couric would've if Couric weren't just a "gotcha" journalist interested in that [...]
Washington and Washington State first squared off in 1917 in what was to be known as the Apple Cup. Washington State won the first game. The series did not stay close for long as Washington won four games in a row in the 1920’s and have not looked back, holding [...]