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• Mountlake Terrace: City rejects marijuana plans, so two men threaten to sue (Tacoma News Tribune, November 16, 2009)
• New agency for open records? (The Olympian, November 3, 2009)
• Judicial records ruled not public (Tacoma News Tribune, October 16, 2009)
• Prosecutor expects to lay off attorneys (Port Orchard Independent, October 15, 2009)
• Online voting makes progress in Franklin County (Tri-City Herald, October 9, 2009)
• Appeals court overturns Castle Rock man's banishment from Cowlitz County (The Daily News, September 22, 2009)
• Pierce County might owe jail inmates a refund (Tacoma News Tribune, September 22, 2009)
• Everett eyes new bikini barista law (Seattle PI, September 16, 2009)
• Missionaries sue over Puyallup's solicitation ban (Tacoma News Tribune, August 4, 2009)
• Company challenges traffic camera ticket in Moses Lake (Tri-City Herald, June 22, 2009)
• Federal Way court's fate goes on trial as city weighs options (Federal Way Mirror, June 18, 2009)
• State Supreme Court withdraws landmark ruling in public-records case (Seattle Times, June 16, 2009)
• County attorney: Property tax measure not legal (Bellingham Herald, June 16, 2009)
• Efforts to cut backlog in Pierce County Superior Court sees early success (Tacoma News Tribune, June 3, 2009)
• Bellingham bans gun sales within 500 feet of schools (Seattle Times, June 2, 2009)
• City considers terminating Federal Way Municipal Court (Federal Way Mirror, May 26, 2009)
• Bellingham drafts ban on gun sales (Bellingham Herald, May 19, 2009)
• Yakima City Council kills proposed curfew ordinance (Yakima Herald, April 14, 2009)
• Man bit by Kennewick police dog awarded nearly $1.8M (Tri-City Herald, April 4, 2009)
• Judge fines Mason County over records (The Olympian, April 3, 2009)
• Franklin County urged to restructure public defender contracts (Tri-City Herald, March 17, 2009)
• County faces federal suit over service animal policy (The Daily News, March 9, 2009)
• Report finds inequalities in Washington criminal fines (Seattle PI, February 24, 2009)
• Washington bill might help homeless tent cities (Seattle PI, February 5, 2009)
• Stormwater ruling a win for small cities (Seattle Times, February 4, 2009)
• Stormwater isn't just a big-city problem (Seattle PI, February 3, 2009)
• Court throws out city parade permit rules (Seattle PI, December 12, 2008)
• Spokane council restricts panhandling (Seattle PI, November 25, 2008)
• City of Mesa owes former mayor $167,000 (Tri-City Herald, November 8, 2008)
• Mayor moves forward on gun ban plan (Seattle PI, November 7, 2008)
• Sunnyside not on hook for attorney fees in forfeiture case, court rules (Yakima Herald, November 6, 2008)
• AG says Nickels' authority restricted on guns (Seattle Times, October 16, 2008)
• Benton County sheriff's deputies get $42,000 in settlement for off-duty care of their dogs (Tri-City Herald, September 25, 2008)
• Benton court docket sessions to improve efficiency (Tri-City Herald, September 9, 2008)
• Issaquah panhandling ban includes firefighters (Seattle PI, August 27, 2008)
• Sunnyside guts gang ordinance (Tri-City Herald, July 15, 2008)
• Bonney Lake says scantily clad baristas break city law (Tacoma News Tribune, June 6, 2008)
• City to limit concealed weapons (Seattle PI, June 6, 2008)
• Lacey ban on tent city challenged (The Olympian, June 3, 2008)
• 'Bikini baristas': Cities explore options for coverup (Everett Herald, May 27, 2008)
• Judge: County can’t nix Wal-Mart (The Columbian, May 27, 2008)
• Baristas prompt protest (Bonney Lake & Lake Tapps Courier-Herald, May 21, 2008)
• Public records requests successful, audit says (Tri-City Herald, May 20, 2008)
• Federal Way man has won thousands in public records lawsuits (Tacoma News Tribune, April 22, 2008)
• Supreme Court hears Snohomish County PUD case (Everett Herald, February 19, 2008)
• High court to consider Woodinville Tent City permit case (Seattlle Times, February 7, 2008)
• Misdemeanants may have to pay more (The Columbian, January 25, 2008)
• Washington State Attorney General's office weighs in on gang ordinances (Tri-City Herald, October 30, 2007)
• New weapons fight junk cars (Tacoma News Tribune, October 17, 2007)
• Pacific tries again with new curfew law (Seattle Times, October 14, 2007)
• Ethics board maps gray areas (Bainbridge Island Review, October 10, 2007)
• Council embraces final draft of killer whale regulations (Islands Sounder, August 15, 2007)
• Code enforcement lacks muscle (Federal Way Mirror, August 10, 2007)
• Graffiti Fines on the Way? (Herald Net (Snohomish County), July 11, 2007)
• Partnership with Utilities Could Aid War on Graffiti (Federal Way Mirror, July 6, 2007)
• Legal War Looms Over Billboards (Tacoma News Tribune, June 25, 2007)
• Right of Officers, Firefighters to Sue Is Challenged  (Seattle PI, June 14, 2007
• City (Vancouver)  Looks to Combat Inebriation in Public (The Columbian, June 11, 2007)
• In a gang? Sunnyside makes that a crime (Tri-City Herald, May 22, 2007)
• Cities avoid residency conflict (Tri-City Herald, May 22, 2007)
• Bellevue hit with bias complaint against gay workers (Seattle Post Intelligencer, Apr 18, 2007)
• Public records requests pile up in Prosser (Tri-City Herald, Jan 15, 2007)