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• Bill on police-involved deaths now law

  May 21, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Spokane County’s medical examiners can feel free to talk about the results of investigations into deaths that involve actions by law enforcement officers, a new state law ensures. … 9

• Inslee removes funds for Columbia bridge

  May 21, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A legislative compromise on a controversial bridge over the Columbia River was sliced out of the state’s $8.8 billion transportation budget Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee, who insisted …

• Alcohol laws don’t mix well at Capitol

  May 15, 2013 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – As a Senate committee approved tougher laws against impaired drivers Tuesday, some senators wondered aloud if the Legislature isn’t at least partially responsible for putting more drunks on … 5

• Three issues at forefront of session

  May 14, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee has shortened his top priorities on the Legislature’s “to do” list for the special session to three things: Pass an operating budget. Pass a new … 33

• Spin Control: Same old budget battle story

  May 12, 2013 in City on Page B8 OLYMPIA – The Legislature returns to town Monday in search of a compromise on a two-year operating budget that keeps the state in the black, uses relatively few accounting gimmicks, …

• Teachers union leads in state lobbying costs

  May 6, 2013 in City on Page A10 SEATTLE – The Washington Education Association spends more on lobbying the Legislature than any other group and more than twice as much as the next-highest lobbying organization, a health care … 11

• State workers to get parking, bus breaks

  May 5, 2013 in City on Page B3 Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Saturday that lets state employees pay for their work-related parking and transit costs using pretax earnings. Democratic Rep. Sam Hunt of Olympia … 6

• ‘Good Samaritan’ law covers alcohol too

  May 5, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a law that allows underage drinkers to call for medical help without fearing prosecution. The law is meant to encourage minors to call … 3

• Lawmakers’ current budget to pay for OT work

  April 30, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Before a special session was called Sunday for the Washington Legislature to finish such important tasks as setting the state’s two-year operating budget, legislative leaders and Gov. Jay … 15

• Gun background check fight moving to ballot box

  April 29, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring whether they will have more success by taking … 12

• Colleges’ tuition plans in limbo

  April 29, 2013 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – Students heading off to college in Washington next fall will have to wait awhile to find out how much tuition they’ll be paying. Since the Legislature went home … 1

• Washington Legislature adjourns without budget

  April 29, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – For the fourth time in as many years, the Legislature will go into overtime to figure out how to spend the money it collects, and how much it … 9

• Spin Control: GOP rhetoric can’t derail Democrats’ tax loophole closer

  April 28, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – There is an axiom in legislating, that when you have the votes to pass something, you shut up and cast them. When you don’t have the votes, you … 5

• Special session will be needed

  April 28, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The Legislature will wrap up its regular session today, leaving unfinished budget business and a special session on the horizon. House Democrats and a predominantly Republican coalition in … 1

• Kendall Yards gets $350,000 earmark from Washington Legislature

  April 28, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The Kendall Yards development north of the Spokane River would be eligible for $350,000 from the state under an addition to a bill that passed the Senate on … 3

• Lawmakers act quickly with marijuana law fix

  April 27, 2013 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – The Legislature moved swiftly Friday to fix a problem with the state’s new marijuana law that threatened to derail state prosecutions for illegally growing, processing and selling the … 19

• New focus on wolves that attack livestock

  April 26, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – New rules for dealing with wolf attacks on livestock and domestic animals, which seemed stalled in the Legislature, may be announced as early as today as a result … 31

• Pot, as it’s defined, stymies prosecutor

  April 26, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Prosecutions for growing and trafficking marijuana could grind to a halt in Washington, a result of a glitch in a new law, a lack of equipment at the … 45

• Washington budgets remain in limbo

  April 25, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – With four days left to pass three multibillion-dollar budgets and make the changes in state law that accompany them, House Democrats on Wednesday pushed through a $900 million … 4

• Special session likely, Inslee says

  April 24, 2013 in City OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee all but conceded the Legislature will need a special session to finish work on budgets and key issues like education. 19

• Tax extension for breweries off the table

  April 24, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Some businesses and their customers could see higher taxes starting this summer as the state tries to increase the money it spends on public schools, but beer-makers and … 68

• Bill allowing discussion of autopsies goes to Inslee

  April 24, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Spokane County’s medical examiners may soon have no legal barrier that stops them from talking about the results of investigations into deaths that involve actions by law enforcement … 6

• Spin Control: Cutoff threat creates drama in Legislature

  April 21, 2013 in City on Page B7 OLYMPIA – The Legislature has a variety of deadlines designed to winnow the thousands of bills introduced in any given session to a few hundred that actually require everyone to …

• Washington lawmakers face taxing dilemma

  April 20, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The Legislature looked at raising a wide array of taxes Friday. Taxes on beer, on gasoline and on bottled water. On doctors and lawyers, on janitors and on … 79

• Drunken driver bill facing challenges

  April 19, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Efforts to fast-track a crackdown on repeat drunken drivers, announced with bipartisan fanfare Tuesday, hit some go-slow warnings Thursday from prosecutors, judges and police. They’re raising so many … 4

• State statute of limitations extended in child abuse cases

  April 19, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Virginia Graham’s journey to get justice for victims of child sex abuse isn’t over, but after nearly 10 years of pleading and prodding the Legislature she can take … 1

• Budgets could force special session

  April 18, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The Legislature is running out of days faster than it is running out of controversial issues, but leaders are still wary of saying they will need a special … 10

• Lawmakers act on bills, including TCEP ban and alcohol sales

  April 18, 2013 in City on Page A7 On Wednesday, houses of the Washington state Legislature passed several measures, and Gov. Jay Inslee signed others into law:

• House transportation budget passes

  April 17, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – House Democrats passed a two-year, $8.4 billion spending plan for the state’s highways, bridges, ferries and bus systems on Tuesday, overcoming Republican objections about a controversial bridge over … 13

• Spin Control: LaHood unable to bridge partisan divide

  April 14, 2013 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – When a federal Cabinet secretary stopped by the Capitol last week, trying to prod the Legislature into action on a big multistate project, he got a warm welcome … 2

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