Both the Seattle Times and Tacoma News Tribune ran major articles today about the difficult and unpleasant choices facing budget writers as the legislature moves into week 10 of the session. Andrew Garber penned this front page story that focuses on the state Senate and the options that they are debating internally as the deadline for releasing their spending blueprint looms in the next couple of weeks. Further south, Joe Turner of the News Tribune has this lead story which covers similar territory with reaction from members in both chambers.