It is 8:30 on a weekday morning on Highway 9, a picturesque, two-lane road framed by morning fog and trees of amber and red. But there is nothing charming about motorists stuck in traffic, inching ...

OLYMPIA -- Washington's new 9.5-cent-a-gallon gas tax increase will be wiped out by a perfect political storm caused by the same forces that created it, according to the sponsors of Initiative 912.

Initiative 912 backers created a stir yesterday saying the state warned them that comments by radio-talk-show hosts who support their anti-gas-tax measure could exceed state limits on in-kind campaign ...

Big city big shots who bankrolled the $3 million campaign to defend the new gas tax celebrated Tuesday night as they defeated Initiative 912. They were underdogs early on as voters from Anacortes to ...