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State Legislature passes last minute budget deal and property tax cut | 2018 Legislative Session

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State Legislature passes last minute budget deal and property tax cut | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - On the final day of the 2018 Legislative Session, lawmakers approved a last-minute supplemental budget deal…

Law enforcement, activists come to agreement on police use of force | 2018 Legislative Session

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Law enforcement, activists come to agreement on police use of force | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - In a last-minute effort lawmakers, cops and community activists reached a deal on lowering the legal…

Union-friendly home healthcare worker bill approved by state Legislature | 2018 Legislative Session

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Union-friendly home healthcare worker bill approved by state Legislature | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - House Democrats passed a controversial bill that restructures how home healthcare workers contract with the state…

Governor’s carbon tax proposal is dead in the state Legislature | 2018 Legislative Session

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Governor’s carbon tax proposal is dead in the state Legislature | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - An amended version of Governor Jay Inslee’s proposal to tax carbon emissions to fight climate change…

Governor vetoes controversial public records bill | 2018 Legislative Session

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Governor vetoes controversial public records bill | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - In a down-to-the-wire decision, Governor Jay Inslee vetoed a controversial bill that would have immediately exempted…

Lawmakers go into damage control with backlash over public records bill | 2018 Legislative Session

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Lawmakers go into damage control with backlash over public records bill | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - Following last week’s rapid-fire vote on a bill to exempt the Legislature from state public records…

State legislators rewrite statute to exempt their records from public disclosure | 2018 Legislative Session

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State legislators rewrite statute to exempt their records from public disclosure | 2018 Legislative Session

All three 23rd District lawmakers — Sen. Christine Rolfes, and Rep. Drew Hansen and Rep. Sherry Appleton —…

Legislators try to ram through a bill to restrict public access to their records | 2018 Legislative Session

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Legislators try to ram through a bill to restrict public access to their records | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pushing a bill to exempt themselves from…

Democratic lawmakers unveil conflicting budget proposals | 2018 Legislative Session

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Democratic lawmakers unveil conflicting budget proposals | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - Democrats in both chambers of the state Legislature are at odds over adding more funding to…

State forecast projects over a billion in additional tax revenue | 2018 Legislative Session

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State forecast projects over a billion in additional tax revenue | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - State economists project that over a billion dollars in additional tax revenue will be flowing into…

State Democratic lawmakers push labor union-friendly bills while Republicans cry foul play | 2018 Legislative Session

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State Democratic lawmakers push labor union-friendly bills while Republicans cry foul play | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - While state Democrats push a set of labor-union backed bills, Republicans decry the effort as special-interest…

Former U.S. Secretary of State Kerry in Olympia to advocate for governor’s carbon tax | 2018 Legislative Session

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Kerry in Olympia to advocate for governor’s carbon tax | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - At the request of Gov. Jay Inslee, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the…

Bill to tax oil in pipelines, update state oil spill contingency plans advances in state Senate | 2018 Legislative Session

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Bill to tax oil in pipelines, update state oil spill contingency plans advances in state Senate | 2018 Legislative Session

OLYMPIA - A bill that would tax oil in pipelines to fund oil spill prevention planning passed out…