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Update 2 on GAU: House, Senate Pass Deal for Disability Lifeline — Bill Goes to Governor

Update 2 on GAU: House, Senate Pass Deal for Disability Lifeline — Bill Goes to Governor

By Cydney Gillis • on March 19, 2010

UPDATE: The House and Senate have passed a compromise bill to keep the state’s General Assistance-Unemployable program going — minus what is

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Compromise Would Save Disability Program, But Cut 1,200

Compromise Would Save Disability Program, But Cut 1,200

By Cydney Gillis • on March 15, 2010

After weeks of negotiations on proposals that were far apart, the House and Senate have crafted a compromise bill to save the $339-a-month cash grant and

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Basic Health Plan Squeaking By — Maybe

Basic Health Plan Squeaking By — Maybe

By Cydney Gillis • on March 8, 2010

With just days to go in a session where state lawmakers are facing a $2.8 billion deficit but can’t agree on which taxes to raise, nothing is certain.

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Senate, House At Odds Over Disability Program

Senate, House At Odds Over Disability Program

By Cydney Gillis • on March 2, 2010

More than 18,000 disabled people who live on $339 a month from the state’s General Assistance-Unemployable program could see their monthly grant reduced

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Housing fund: try, try again

Housing fund: try, try again

By Cydney Gillis • on February 3, 2010

Even in a short legislative session where lawmakers must find a way to close a big budget gap, the failure of one House bill isn’t stopping affordable

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Bankers say no to Housing Trust bill

Bankers say no to Housing Trust bill

By Cydney Gillis • on January 27, 2010

At a time when the economy is stalled and construction jobs, in particular, have taken a heavy hit, affordable housing advocates say there’s no better

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Marijuana still in play in Senate

Marijuana still in play in Senate

By Cydney Gillis • on January 27, 2010

Last week, the House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Committee voted down HB

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No position on ‘Disability Lifeline’ bill, governor’s office says

In her testimony last week to the House Human Services Committee, Alexis Oliver, a policy aide to Gov. Christine Gregoire, stated several times that the Office of Financial Management did not understand

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