Session’s a wrap: Now the people speak
Washington’s election-year, deficit-plagued legislative session is now history. After 90 days of debate and wrangling, the Democratic-controlled Legislature closed a $2.8 billion budget gap with a pastiche of taxes, spending cuts, federal aid and other stopgap measures. The session was gaveled to a close early Tuesday. The voters get the final say: All of the 98 House seats will be on the ballot this fall, as will half of the 49-member Senate. Republicans believe Democrats will pay a big price…