Washington

Washington's federal government offices closed Tuesday, and may well close Wednesday, due to snow.ÃÂ Government workers still get paid. In the rest of the country, work goes on as usual.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Snow day musing: Americans don’t miss the vast federal bureaucracy that sucks up their tax dollars

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In a Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Legisture in the House chambers, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee, saying too many parents with full-time jobs are struggling to put food on the table for their families, has proposed raising Washington's minimum wage by as much as $2.50 an hour. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s big ideas face big hurdles

Mike Baker · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Medina, looks over a document on the first day of the 2014 session of the Washington state Legislature, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Stalled immigrant bill could impact Washington state elections

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

An Unfitting Memorial

Geoffrey Norman · January 16, 2014 4:04 pm

Marijuana matures in ideal conditions at the Medicine Man dispensary and grow operation in northeast Denver. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

Pot debates continue even where it’s legal

Kristen Wyatt · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

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Energy and Environment

Port of Vancouver gets partial win in oil lawsuit

Associated Press · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Same-sex marriage proponent Kat McGuckin of Oaklyn, New Jersey, holds a gay marriage pride flag while standing in front of the Supreme Court on Nov. 30, 2012, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Washington Secrets

‘Hunky young pols’ like Paul Ryan, Aaron Schock help DC win ‘gayest’ city title

Paul Bedard · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Officials expected hundreds of people to pack the Seattle City Hall lobby Monday afternoon for the swearing-in ceremony for gay Mayor Ed Murray. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

New leaders taking charge at Seattle City Hall

Associated Press · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

A small group of machinists union members rally in favor of voting onÃÂ Boeing'sÃÂ last contract offer in front of the machinists' union hall Dec. 18 in Everett, Wash. (AP/Elaine Thompson)

Beltway Confidential

Boeing not bluffing, Seattle union says

Sean Higgins · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 photo, wheelchair attendant Erick Conley, left, assists an elderly passenger heading overseas at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. A Washington state judge has struck part of the voter-approved $15 an hour minimum wage measure for airport workers in SeaTac. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington judge strikes part of wage hike measure

Washington Examiner · December 29, 2013 5:00 am

After a Month of Trying, I Still Can’t Sign Up for Obamacare

Ike Brannon · December 26, 2013 2:51 pm

Top leaders at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers overruled its Puget Sound branch, District 751, and ordered that it allow its members toÃÂ vote early next month on the latest proposed contract from the Boeing Co., where most of its members work. (AP/Kin Cheung)

Beltway Confidential

Top union leaders overrule local officials in Boeing dispute

Sean Higgins · December 24, 2013 5:00 am