Judges in Washington state restore $14 million award in bar’s ‘overservice’ of drunk driverOLYMPIA, Wash. — The Supreme Court in Washington state on Thursday unanimously reinstated a $14 million award to a family who sued a tavern and a bartender after one of the bar’s customers drove away from the establishment and collided with their car, leaving a 7-year-old-boy a paraplegic. Tough times for Washington state newspapers leads state officials to give tax cutOLYMPIA, Wash. — As newspapers across the country struggle through a brutal economic climate, papers in Washington state are getting a tax break. Opponents to expansion of Washington state’s domestic partnership law start referendum effortOLYMPIA, Wash. — Opponents of an “everything but marriage” bill for same-sex domestic partners have started their bid to overturn the latest effort to expand Washington state’s domestic partnership law. |