http://www.mail.com/organizations/1853122-washington-government.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/organizations/1853122-washington-government.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089482-wash-releases-draft-rules-legal-pot.html SEATTLE (AP) — Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults. Among the preliminary regulations: They want to track marijuana from "seed to store." They'd put a cap on the number of retail outlets in each county, but not o... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:33:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089482-wash-releases-draft-rules-legal-pot.html 2013-05-17T00:33:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2075246-wash-officials-courts-office-was-hacked.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked sometime between last fall and February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver's license numbers may have been accessed during the data breach of its public website, officials said Thursday. Court officials said they have only confirmed that ... Thu, 09 May 2013 23:03:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2075246-wash-officials-courts-office-was-hacked.html 2013-05-09T23:03:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044988-washington-ag-slaps-t-mobile-usa-plans.html NEW YORK (AP) — Washington state's chief prosecutor says there's a catch to T-Mobile's new cellphone plans, which replace the traditional two-year service contract with an installment plan for phone buyers. One of the benefits of the new plan is that buyers can cancel their service at any time. But Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the company... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:43:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044988-washington-ag-slaps-t-mobile-usa-plans.html 2013-04-25T20:43:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032142-wash-bar-owner-allowing-pot-use-faces-crackdown.html SEATTLE (AP) — Jeff Call knew he was pushing the envelope when he started letting people use marijuana at his rum-and-pizza joint in Tacoma. But he didn't quite know the extent of what he was in for: the governor's office demanding state regulators do something about it, local authorities revoking his business license, and his insurance company dropping h... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:45:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032142-wash-bar-owner-allowing-pot-use-faces-crackdown.html 2013-04-19T21:45:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027550-wash-government-bean-counter-pot-education.html SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed juvenile crime databases. Now, the married, minivan-driving father of a small child is a weed guy — one of the dozens of Washington state workers involved in t... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:15:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027550-wash-government-bean-counter-pot-education.html 2013-04-18T10:15:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Removing radioactive waste from underground tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site has proven to be technologically vexing for years, and recent word that six tanks are leaking has only added pressure to the efforts to empty them. A proposal to ship some of that waste to New Mexico to ultimately stem the leaks earned a... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:31:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1937570-feds-to-ship-wash-radioactive-waste-to-nm.html 2013-03-07T18:31:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1914322-biden-washington-frozen-partisanship.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says Washington is frozen by intense partisanship — but he's hoping it's just temporary. Biden told governors gathered at the White House for an annual meeting Monday that they're more disciplined than Congress. He chided Washington lawmakers, asserting that they are preventing a solution to the automatic spendin... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:39:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1914322-biden-washington-frozen-partisanship.html 2013-02-25T16:39:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911938-cruzs-tactics-boil-washington-impress-texas.html HOUSTON (AP) — Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping. His arrival had turned a drop-by at a Houston lumber yard into a virtual campaign rally. At an earlier stop near Austin —at a gun manufacturer that churns out AR-15 rifles — cheering fans crowded next to employees, and... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911938-cruzs-tactics-boil-washington-impress-texas.html 2013-02-24T17:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1909596-6-tanks-hanford-nuclear-site-wash-leaking.html YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, federal and state officials said Friday, prompting calls for an investigation from a key senator. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said the leaking material poses no immediate risk to public safety or the environ... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:34:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1909596-6-tanks-hanford-nuclear-site-wash-leaking.html 2013-02-23T02:34:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909108-generation-governors-seeking-limelight.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For governors with national ambitions, this is pad — and promote — your record time. Republicans Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is trying to ditch his state's income tax while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is working to shift people off his state's Medicaid rolls and onto private insurance. They are among the Republicans trying to claim an outs... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:17:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909108-generation-governors-seeking-limelight.html 2013-02-22T23:17:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1908646-democratic-governors-cuts-to-hurt-economies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic governors meeting with President Barack Obama say their state economies will be hurt by automatic, across-the-board federal government spending cuts scheduled to begin on March 1. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, says states have seen increased employment, but that their prosperity ... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:32:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1908646-democratic-governors-cuts-to-hurt-economies.html 2013-02-22T18:32:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853104-wash-vows-to-try-to-weed-how.html SEATTLE (AP) — So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state's legal pot within its borders. But Gov. Jay Inslee insists there are ways to prevent the bulk smuggling of the state's newest cash crop into the black market, including digitally tracking weed to ensure that it goes from where it is grown to the stores where it is ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853104-wash-vows-to-try-to-weed-how.html 2013-01-29T08:58:00Z