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	<title>The Capitol Record &#187; taxes</title>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Inside Olympia &#8212; right here</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2012/01/this-weeks-inside-olympia-right-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week: Senate Democrat Leader Lisa Brown and House Republican Leader Richard DeBolt share their views on the state budget, possible tax hikes, and other key issues facing the 2012 State Legislature. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Joe Zarelli: Gov. is right that budget is first priority, but short-term solutions not the answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Joe Zarelli delivered the Republican response to Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s State of the State address. You can watch it all here: He started off by saying that he agrees with the governor on one point: The budget is the most important issue this session. But he disagrees on how to solve the $1.5 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Majority Leader: Budget writers are close on a package of cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House and Senate budget writers are close to a compromise on several hundred million dollars in cuts, according to Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown. Brown held a press availability this morning. She said that budget writers are neither ready to adopt Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s full package of cuts to bridge the $2 billion spending gap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s take on taxes, the budget, protests and more &#8212; exclusive interview from The Impact</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/11/gov-chris-gregoires-take-on-taxes-the-budget-protests-and-more-exclusive-interview-from-the-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessicag</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On tonight&#8217;s edition of The Impact, I talk with Gov. Chris Gregoire about her tax proposal, the state budget, special session, her thoughts on the Occupy protests at the capitol &#8211; and much more. We didn&#8217;t have time to air the entire interview on the show, so I&#8217;m posting the full, unedited version here. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: More than 150 people sign up to testify on Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s budget</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/11/more-than-150-people-sign-up-to-testify-on-gov-chris-gregoires-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s budget is up for hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Ross Hunter said there are about 160 people signed up to testify &#8212; each will get 2 minutes to give their perspective on the cuts proposed last week. I&#8217;ll be updating this post with some of the testimony, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election results so far&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/11/election-results-so-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[initiatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far, every initiative is passing &#8212; except Tim Eyman&#8217;s initiative 1125, which is behind by about 2 points right now. There will be more batches of returns in the coming days and more updates, but for tonight it looks like the state will have privatized liquor stores, more training for home healthcare workers, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Q&amp;A: Sen. Joe Zarelli on the budget, taxes and more</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/11/this-weeks-qa-sen-joe-zarelli-on-the-budget-taxes-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/11/this-weeks-qa-sen-joe-zarelli-on-the-budget-taxes-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Q&#38;A, I spoke with Sen. Ed Murray, Democrat and head of the budget writing committee, about the budget and his support for taxes. This week, I spoke with Sen. Joe Zarelli, the Republican who takes the lead on budget issues in the Senate, about the same. Here&#8217;s what he had to say. Q: The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Q&amp;A: Senate budget writing chair Ed Murray</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/10/this-weeks-qa-senate-budget-writing-chair-ed-murray/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/10/this-weeks-qa-senate-budget-writing-chair-ed-murray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Q&#38;A is with Sen. Ed Murray, the Seattle Democrat who chairs the Senate budget writing committee. Murray talked about the budget hearing earlier this week, where lawmakers got a sense of the cuts agencies are proposing. We also talked about taxes, same-sex marriage and more. Next week, I&#8217;ll speak with a Republican budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget cuts, taxes, meth and more</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/10/budget-cuts-taxes-meth-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/10/budget-cuts-taxes-meth-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the blog&#8217;s been slow because I was filling in for Jessica Gao on The Impact. But now, in just about 30 minutes, you can catch up on the week&#8217;s news. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Q&amp;A: Sen. Joe Zarelli on the Rainy Day Fund expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/08/this-weeks-qa-sen-joe-zarelli-on-the-rainy-day-fund-plus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/08/this-weeks-qa-sen-joe-zarelli-on-the-rainy-day-fund-plus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Q&#38;A is with Sen. Joe Zarelli. I spoke with him about SJR 8206, a Constitutional Amendment that will bolster the Rainy Day Fund by requiring the state to put &#8220;extraordinary revenue growth&#8221; in the bank. Q: First, tell me what this would do in your own words. Zarelli: Well, it builds upon what [...]]]></description>
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