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OLYMPIA - Despite the governor’s warning to avoid crowds in the wake of the coronavirus, hundreds of concerned parents and residents converged on the Capitol… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Washington state lawmakers have passed legislation that will align the timber and forestry sector with the state’s carbon emission goals. The Senate voted… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Congregants from the Seattle-based Satanic Temple of Washington drew a crowd of prayerful onlookers Friday as they hoisted their pentagram and conducted a… Continue reading
On the day Washington state recorded its 11th death from the COVID-19 virus, Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Pierce County to meet with Gov.… Continue reading
A week into the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus at a facility caring for frail and elderly people, John Weisman, secretary of the state Department… Continue reading
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Fourteen schools temporarily closed due to outbreak concerns
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OLYMPIA - Republican senators pitched their own ideas to address Washington state’s homelessness crisis following the supplemental budgets unveiled by Democratic lawmakers this week. On… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Facing a shortfall of $450 million, lawmakers patched together a budget to fund highway maintenance, the Washington State Patrol and other transportation projects.… Continue reading
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OlYMPIA - A last-minute amendment to the senate Democratic Caucus supplemental operating budget earmarks $5 million to help businesses negatively impacted by international responses to… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Republican leaders in Washington state said they are not confident that spending on homelessness proposed by the Democrats will produce significant results. On… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Parents, students and educational professionals voiced their concerns in a public hearing about a bill that would mandate comprehensive sexual education in public… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Democratic caucuses in the house and senate rolled out separate spending plans that include hundreds of millions of dollars to address climate change,… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Washington lawmakers elected to prohibit the transfer of inmates to out-of-state private prisons, except for specific reasons, after the Senate voted 30 to… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Courts could be one step closer to ordering people subject to vulnerable adult protection orders to surrender their firearms after the House voted… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Parents could have better access to childcare providers if lawmakers pass a bill that aims to make the childcare certification process cheaper and… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - The state House of Representatives voted 85-12 on a bill that would ban the expansion of an Immigration Customs Enforcement detention center in… Continue reading
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OLYMPIA - Fewer businesses will be asked to foot the bill for higher education programs after Gov. Jay Inslee signed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6492… Continue reading
