Olympia

Olympia

• Inauguration Quotes

  Quotes on Inauguration Day: ___ "Our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it." —President Barack ... 

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  Minimum wage gap grows wider between states

  With a bump in the Washington state minimum wage to $9.19 an hour, high school student Miranda Olson will edge closer to her goal of buying the black ... 

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  Same-sex couples in Wash. state start wedding vows

  Scores of same-sex couples crowded Seattle City Hall for a day of wedding ceremonies on Sunday, the first day they could marry after the state's ... 

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  Same-sex weddings in Wash. to begin on Sunday

  Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses ... 

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  Gay Washington state couples get marriage licenses

  Hundreds of same-sex couples across Washington state started picking up marriage licenses Thursday as a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage ... 

• Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana

  Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it. 

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  Gregoire signs Wash. gay marriage law

  Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that ...