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Tucked into the back corner of the Capitol campus, the Governor’s Mansion is arguably the most grand home in Olympia. It was built in 1908, just a few

The first president to visit Olympia came underneath the cloud of a failing presidency. Rutherford B. Hayes arrived in Olympia in October 1880, even

The origins of the filibuster—and how it came to exasperate the U.S. Senate Amy McKeever © Photograph by RWT, AP On March 8, 1960, students in New Orleans protest an attempt by U.S. senators to block passage of civil rights legislation through the use of a filibuster. The tactic—which involves talking at length to prevent approval of a bill—became notorious during the civil rights movement. Appropriately, its name comes from a Dutch word for “pirate”—because the fi...