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With a cable television hookup or a decent Internet connection, you can watch live discussions in some committee hearings and some floor debates on TVW, the state's answer to C-Span. With just one channel, TVW NamBreitling for Bentley QUARTZ Chronograph BT-50 only broadcast one event at a time, but the system's website atvideotapes most other hearings and floor debates and makes them available in the archives.You can find information about any bill if you know its number, title or subject matter. The Legislature's website offers several search engines. If you know the number, the bill information site easiest to use is at . For a broader search, use the legislative search at-- but be sure to specify whether you're looking for a bill in this session, a statute or an administrative rule.

Both parties in both houses have websites where they offer their takes on policies and politics, complete with video or photos. Senate Democrats can be found a Senate Republicans at; House Democrats atand NamHigh Grade Breitling Navitimer Automatic watch RepublicansThe number of newspaper reporters covering the Legislature has dropped in recent years, although The Spokesman-Review, Everett Herald, Seattle Times, Tacoma News Bvlgari Assioma BL-13 Daily Olympian still have full-time staffs, with coverage on their websites.Meanwhile, the number of bloggers has increased. Among the blogs covering legislative events are--Spin Control, this newspaper's political blog, at--TVW's blog by its reporting staff, at

--The Washington State Wire has regular reports from Olympia --Publicola bills itself as "Seattle's News Elixir" but covers legislative action at3rd Legislative District(Central Spokane, including downtown, Browne's Addition, Bvlgari Assioma BL-14 Central, East Central, Logan, lower South Hill and Hillyard)SenateLisa Brown, D-SpokaneOffice: 307 Legislative Building,Mailing address: P.O. Box 40403, Olympia, WA 98504Olympia phone: (360) 786-7604(Eastern Spokane County, covering most of the Spokane Valley north to the Pend Oreille County line)SenateBob McCaslinMcCaslin has retired. His replacement will be named by Spokane County commissioners in coming weeks.