This isn't the year that hunting could become a constitutional right in Washington
Washington voters may some day be asked if they want to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right.
Spin Control archive for Jan. 1, 2017
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2017
Ferguson: Injunction against first immigration order covers new one
President Trump’s new order limiting immigration should still be blocked by the injunction against his previous order, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017
House passes Equal Pay changes on Women's Day
House approves changes to state’s Equal Pay Act to make it harder for an employer to pay a woman less than a man doing a similar job.
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017
Pot store billboards shouldn't appeal to kids, Washington Senate says 1
Marijuana stores in Washington could be banned from putting anything on a billboard that would appeal to children or young adults.
Family hopes better driving laws come out of their tragedy 1
Eastern Washington family pushes Legislature to toughen laws against using a cell phone while driving.
Senate can't muster votes to pass constitutional amendment against income tax
Constitutional amendment against an income tax fails after opponents argue Legislature isn't likely to try one.
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2017
Are safe injection sites treatment options, or not?
Senate, House seem to disagree on whether Seattle's proposed safe-injection sites are part of a plan to treat opioid addiction.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017
What should Washington name Highway 395?
House comes up for a name for U.S. 395 that doesn't sit well with some Republicans.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017
Washington ranks high in new state survey
Let's get some big foam hands with all five fingers out for Washington, because we're Number 5.
Washington's entire Congressional delegation backs federal probe into wave of anti-Semitism
All ten of Washington's members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to the Department of Justice and FBI on Wednesday calling for the agencies to "tirelessly investigate" threats targeting Jewish community centers, schools and churches.
TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 2017
Washington lawmakers -- Best friends to man's best friend?
Lawmakers pass greater protections for dogs.
Washington Senate passes REAL ID changes
Washington moved a step closer to having driver’s licenses that meet federal standards, but not before the national debate over immigration policy flared on the Senate floor.
Knezovich moves into City of Spokane, not interested in city politics 2
The three-term sheriff said Tuesday the decision to move was motivated by family, not politics.
MONDAY, FEB. 27, 2017
Senate Republicans vote for $30 billion in taxes they don't really support
In a bit of partisan theater, Senate Republicans vote yes on an estimated $30 billion in taxes that they really don’t support
SUNDAY, FEB. 26, 2017
Sunday Spin 4: What's in a name?
Sometimes you need a translation to figure out who and where in legislation.
Sunday Spin 3: Strap 'em in
Washington school children may soon be belted in on school buses.
Sunday Spin 2: Keeping an eye on things and people
Spokane might get help keeping track of property criminals.
SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 2017
Washington Senate OKs felony for DUI No. 4
Felony for fourth DUI passes Senate after lawmakers get a few boozy gifts.
FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 2017
Baumgartner town hall Saturday
Sen. Mike Baumgartner has scheduled a town hall meeting for noon Saturday.
THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 2017
Inslee orders Washington agencies not to become "mini ICE" agents
The Washington State Patrol and other state agencies will not help enforce federal immigration laws by routinely checking a person’s residency status, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday.
League of Conservation Voters gives McMorris Rodgers another failing grade
The League of Conservation Voters gave U.S. Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers another failing grade for her votes on environmental issues in 2016, bringing the congresswoman's "lifetime score" down to 3 percent.
MONDAY, FEB. 20, 2017
Outside watchdog for Corrections Depart. could save Washington millions, senators told 1
Washington could save millions on lawsuits like the claim for the slaying of a teenager in a North Spokane tattoo parlor if it would spend money on an outside office to oversee the Department of Corrections, a Senate committee was told Monday.
Inslee, GOP lawmakers spar over the right way to handle possible changes to Obamacare 1
OLYMPIA – Legislative Republicans accused Gov. Jay Inslee of trying to scare people with the possible effects of repealing Obamacare. Inslee shot back that they should get fellow Republicans in Washington, D.C., to sign a pledge not to do anything to the law without a guarantee the replacement will be in place.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to hold telephone town hall meeting 12
The congresswoman will hold a meeting Monday at 7 p.m. with those that RSVP through her website.
SUNDAY, FEB. 19, 2017
Sunday Spin 2: Strange bedfellows department
Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, and Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, are pretty far apart politically, but they managed to agree, albeit briefly, on the importance of a bill during a session of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.
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