Legislature
Whatcom County's senators try unity, end up in discord on environment
This year was supposed to be different.
Legislature
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LEGISLATURE
Lobbyists spend big bucks on dinners, other tabs for lawmakers
After the legislative day ends at the Capitol, it’s common for lobbyists and lawmakers to meet for dinner at one of several — usually higher-end — Olympia restaurants. This is where, over a meal, perhaps a bottle of Washington wine, the work continues.
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LEGISLATURE
Time flies as state lawmakers battle over budget deal
With just two weeks left in their 105-day session, Washington lawmakers are running out of time to pass a state budget that puts at least $1 billion more into public schools to answer a state Supreme Court ruling, protects the poor and doesn’t rely on gimmicks.
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LEGISLATURE
Coal-export impact study loses steam in Legislature
A House Democratic budget proposal to spend $150,000 to study the larger economic impact of coal-export facilities on Washington state was dying just one day after majority Democrats introduced their proposed $34.5 billion operating budget plan on Wednesday.
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LEGISLATURE
Retired WWU professor, a global warming skeptic, meets with Wash. senators
A new Republican-dominated majority in the state Senate dedicated a rare block of time Tuesday to hear the views of a global warming skeptic who argued that federal scientists have been manipulating climate data to inflate temperatures.
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LEGISLATURE
Bikers who can't trip traffic lights might get to run them
A bill allowing motorcycles to go through red lights might get a green light from lawmakers.
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LEGISLATURE
GOP proposes boost in spending for state colleges
Republicans who control the state Senate announced Tuesday their coalition’s forthcoming budget proposal that would spend more than $3 billion on Washington’s universities and colleges and would mandate a 3 percent reduction in tuition for in-state students after years of increases.
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LEGISLATURE
At halfway point, big state budget hole still looms
Last December, Sen. Rodney Tom announced that he would leave his caucus to helm a majority consisting of himself, another like-minded Democrat and 23 Republicans.
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LEGISLATURE
Bill sparked by release of Clemmons’ sister gets Senate approval
The overturned conviction of LaTanya Clemmons is sparking new legislation in Olympia more than three years after her brother Maurice gunned down four Lakewood police officers.
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LEGISLATURE
Facing deadline, state lawmakers rush to pass bills
Lawmakers nearly went down to the wire to pass one of Gov. Jay Inslee's marquee bills on Wednesday as the House and Senate raced toward their 5 p.m. deadline for passing bills to the opposite chamber.
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LEGISLATURE
Bill would allow pot stores closer to schools, libraries
When Washington voters legalized marijuana last November, they also set up strict buffers between pot shops and places where children tend to go – buffers that one state lawmaker says could squash the nascent industry.
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