Washington on Wednesday November 04, 2009

WA: New gay rights law being approved by voters
By Chris Grygiel and Monica Guzman, seattlepi.com
Buoyed by big support from King County, voters Tuesday were approving Washington's new "everything but marriage" law that greatly expands the rights of gay couples.
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WA: Eyman's latest proposal failing by healthy margin
By Brad Shannon, The Olympian
Tim Eyman's revenue-cap measure, Initiative 1033, was losing by double digits with half of the votes counted statewide Tuesday evening.
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WA: Eyman's I-1033 rejected
By Andrew Garber, The Seattle Times
Voters on Tuesday firmly rejected Tim Eyman's latest effort to control government spending and reduce property taxes.
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WA: 'Everything but marriage' backers smelling victory
By Lornet Turnbull, Janet I. Tu and Susan Kelleher, The Seattle Times
Supporters of gay rights were buoyed by first-day returns that showed Referendum 71 leading by a narrow margin Tuesday evening. The trends looked positive for the measure, which would expand the state's domestic-partnership law.
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WA: Kids' health care in danger
By Kevin Graman, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)
Proposed DSHS budget would lower income threshold for state insurance.
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