In spring, where April showers bring mold, shoe-sucking mud, and batallions of slugs, we often wonder how the state’s founders settled on this mossy burg for their capital. Here’s the answer, according to the archivists of the Secretary of State ...

With a month to go before lawmakers pack their cars and flock to Olympia, 2008 is already shaping up to be a busy legislative session. More than two dozen lawmakers already have proposed about 50 changes in state law, including a 10-cents-a-gallon ...