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Governor bans all outdoor burning east of Cascades; smoke remains a concern
Q13 Fox News reporterGov. Chris Gregoire on Friday night amended an emergency proclamation to include a ban on all outdoor and agricultural burning for all counties east of the Cascades until midnight Tuesday. “With more warm, dry weather expected – the potential...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Government, Punishment, Executive Branch, Fines
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Wildfires a risk west of the Cascades, too
Q13 FOX News reporterAs fires rage near Wenatchee, a dry past couple of months have turned the possibility of wildfires into a reality on the west side of the Cascades. A section of grass adjacent to State Route 167 near Puyallup went up in flames Saturday. Authorities don't...Tags: Wildfires
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Gov. Gregoire declares State of Emergency after wildfires
Gov. Chris Gregoire signed an emergency proclamation on Thursday declaring a State of Emergency for all counties east of the crest of the Cascades. The move will deploy additional state resources, including air support from Washington’s National...
Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Government, Conservation, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Gov. Gregoire's tenants are McKenna supporters
Q13 FOX News OnlineWe're pretty sure that Gov. Chris Gregoire doesn't have a clause in her lease that specifies that you have to be aligned with one political party rather than another. But then, we're also guessing that the governor might have been a bit surprised at...Tags: Government, Rental Service, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Elections
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Federal judge issues preliminary injunction against Washington state law on online sex ads
Q13 Fox News OnlineU.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez on Friday issued a preliminary injuction against a new Washington state law intended to force Backpage.com and other Web sites to verify the age of people who place online classified sex ads. On March 29, Gov....Tags: Judges, Trials, YouTube, Sex Crimes, Court Preliminary
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Three minor girls file lawsuit against Backpage.com, allege site forced them into underage prostitution
Q13 FOX News OnlineA lawsuit was filed Monday in Pierce County Superior Court on behalf of three teenage girls against Backpage.com. The lawsuit contends the girls were advertised and sold as prostitutes for the website’s “escort” service. Two of the...Tags: Laws, Trials, Online Advertising, Sex Crimes, Prostitution
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Feds Should Allow Medical Marijuana
Starting on Oct. 1, medical marijuana will be legal in Connecticut. Although our state's medical marijuana law was carefully designed to minimize the risk of federal invention, the legal reality is that the federal government can still prosecute anyone...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Lincoln Chafee, South Windsor, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Heroin
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Primary results: Inslee and McKenna to face off in November for governor
Q13 Fox News political analystFormer Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Rob McKenna won the top two spots in Washington's gubernatorial primary election Tuesday and will face off in November in what is expected to be one of the closest races for governor in...Tags: Rick Larsen, Libraries, Regional Authority, Jaime Herrera, Doc Hastings
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Local politicians react to high court's healthcare ruling
Q13 FOX News OnlinePoliticians in Washington State got to work Thursday responding to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision upholding the constitutionality of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). The high court ruled the individual mandate requiring people...Tags: Judges, Patty Murray, Health Insurance Cost, Insurance, Barack Obama
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Super Guppy arrives in Seattle with first piece of shuttle trainer
Q13 FOX News reporterNASA's oddly-shaped Super Guppy cargo plane landed in Seattle on Saturday afternoon, carrying the first section NASA's old full-scale space shuttle trainer, which was purchased recently by the Museum of Flight. It looked like something from the future,...Tags: NASA, Rocketry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Space Programs, Museums
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Governor chastises Western Washington University for faculty pay increases
Q13 Fox News OnlineGov. Christine Gregoire sent a letter to the president of Western Washington University blasting the decision to give “significant” pay raises to the faculty at the same time the school is raising tuition 16% on students and parents. In...Tags: Government, Work Relations, Teaching and Learning, Students, Executive Branch
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Veteran politician Dino Rossi appointed to state Senate for about 4 months
Q13 Fox News OnlineFormer Republican state Sen. Dino Rossi, who has run unsuccessfully twice for the governor’s office and once for the U.S. Senate, was appointed Monday to the vacant state Senate seat in the 5th Legislative District on the Eastside. The vacancy came...Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage
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