http://www.mail.com/locations/34306-olympia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/34306-olympia.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835856-inauguration-quotes.html Quotes on Inauguration Day: "Our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it." —President Barack Obama, during his second inaugural address. "It's going to take some give-and-take. I hope they're not too proud to do so." —Army Maj. Phillip Santoni of F... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835856-inauguration-quotes.html 2013-01-21T21:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793522-minimum-wage-gap-grows-wider.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — 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 Volkswagen Beetle she's been researching online. Olson is only able to pick up part-time hours working at a cafe after classes and on weekends. But the extra pennies she'll earn in 2013... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793522-minimum-wage-gap-grows-wider.html 2012-12-31T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753906-same-sex-couples-wash-start-wedding-vows.html SEATTLE (AP) — 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 voter-approved gay marriage law took effect. While numerous weddings were taking place across the state, both private and public, the city hall weddings were the largest public event, with more tha... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753906-same-sex-couples-wash-start-wedding-vows.html 2012-12-10T02:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) — 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 this week as Washington state's voter-approved law allowing same-sex marriage took effect. Former Air Force flight nurse Maj. Margaret Witt, of Spokane, and retired nurse, Army Col. Gret... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html 2012-12-08T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747818-gay-washington-couples-marriage-licenses.html SEATTLE (AP) — Hundreds of same-sex couples across Washington state started picking up marriage licenses Thursday as a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage took effect. King County, the state's largest, opened the doors to its auditor's office in Seattle just after midnight to start distributing licenses. But hundreds of people had lined up hours ea... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747818-gay-washington-couples-marriage-licenses.html 2012-12-07T02:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1746596-celebrations-planned-wash-legalizes-marijuana.html SEATTLE (AP) — Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it. Voters in Washington and Colorado last month made those the first states to decriminalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana. Washington's law takes effect Thursday and allows adul... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1746596-celebrations-planned-wash-legalizes-marijuana.html 2012-12-06T06:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746774-gregoire-signs-wash-gay-marriage-law.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. Gregoire and Secretary of State Sam Reed certified the election on Wednesday afternoon, as they were joined by couples who plan to wed and community ac... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746774-gregoire-signs-wash-gay-marriage-law.html 2012-12-06T06:07:00Z