House and Senate education-committee members are attempting to craft legislation that would automatically enroll Washington State high school students in advanced classes upon passing the statewide learning assessment.
With the Washington State Supreme Court’s McCleary decision mandating full funding for education by 2018 and policy bills out of the way, Washington lawmakers have now moved the issue to the top of their budgeting priorities.
Is the Washington Voting Rights Act reverse discrimination? Rep. Maureen Walsh (R-Walla Walla) declared it is as the bill passed off of the House floor March 7.
OLYMPIA — Sen. Pam Roach urged voters to “look out for [their] pocketbooks” after the state Supreme Court declared a two-thirds vote to raise taxes unconstitutional in a 6-3 ruling released Feb. 28.
OLYMPIA — House Democrats rolled out a $10 billion, 10-year transportation-revenue package Wednesday calling for — among other revenue sources — a 10-cent increase in the gas tax.
OLYMPIA — Senate Coalition-Majority Leader Rodney Tom (D-48th District, Bellevue) chastised Democrat members for playing politics and not taking the will of Washingtonians seriously by introducing five fiscal reform bills before the Senate Ways and Means Committee Feb. 14.
OLYMPIA — The Washington Voting Rights Act, legislation intended to address underrepresentation of minority groups in local elections, passed out of the House Government Operations and Elections Committee Tuesday.
OLYMPIA — After what some felt was moving testimony about the realities experienced by military veterans was delivered by Vietnam veteran Gill Calac Wednesday, the House Government Operations and Elections Committee approved a bill that recognizes March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.
A group of House Democrats re-introduced a bill this session that would affect how local governments run their elections in certain political subdivisions.
OLYMPIA — Democrats on Friday blocked passage of a Republican amendment to House rules that would have required a super-majority vote to move a bill forward after its introduction for representatives’ consideration.
Lawmakers in Olympia have begun to address the measures that prevent Washington shipyards from participating in Washington State Ferry construction projects as the fleet continues to age.
