Lisa Brown.

• Position: People & Politics - Brief article

Washington Senate Majority Lisa Brown filed suit in the state Supreme Court in March charging that provisions in Initative 960 violate the state constitution. Approved by voters in November, the initiative requires a two-thirds vote in both houses to raise any state taxes. Voters would also have to approve taxes previously passed with a simple majority by the Legislature, because lawmakers amended and sometimes suspended a similar initiative passed in 1993. "This is about...