Meantime, news organizations, including this one, have agreed to pause a lawsuit over access.
It should result in reduction of the cost of vehicle licenses. The bill now goes to the state House.
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What did they do, and what matters to you?
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Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.
Analysis
If legislators don’t act on the governor’s legislation, a plan could land on the November ballot.
Analysis
In his State-of-the-State address, the governor made the case for an ambitious carbon tax.
In his State-of-the-State address, the governor made the case for an ambitious carbon tax.
Democrats went to bed Tuesday night confidently declaring their party will control the levers of legislating in state government by the end of the month.… Continue reading
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled a $46.7 billion budget proposal Wednesday that fully funds public schools, provides state employees a raise, freezes college tuition… Continue reading
Establishing a commission to examine the causes and consequences of the Oso mudslide is taking longer than Snohomish County Executive John Lovick and Gov. Jay Inslee imagined.
State lawmakers began the 2016 legislative session on Monday with a bit of ceremony featuring comments by Republican and Democratic leaders.
‘Tis two days after session and all through the Dome,
Not a member is working since they all have gone home;
Nothing like a few days away from the office to get one’s spirit rejuvenated and energy recharged.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are finding themselves once again falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to cure the real and perceived ailments of the state’s public schools. And now they face a deadline of sorts to figure a way out.
You may notice the daily media briefings on the Oso mudslide getting shorter and tenser with less said and more questions asked. Families are still the story of the Oso mudslide – and the other questions can wait.
The year 2013 left a ration of questions to be answered in the course of 2014. Here is a sampling.
That venerable adage ‘It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it’ came to mind Tuesday as President Barack Obama departed the Oso firehouse.
