AquaSox, Indians, Bears, Rainiers and Dust Devils fans take heart: an unusual alliance of lawmakers from Everett, Spokane, Yakima, Tacoma and the Tri-Cities are trying to wring millions of dollars for minor-league baseball stadium repairs out of the state Legislature.Read our story here.
With thanks to whatever anonymous Senate Democratic caucus staffer compiles this list each year, here are some of the more exotic bills that, alas, died quietly when Friday's bill cutoff hit:-Senate Bill 6383: (Sen. Ken Jacobsen, D-Seattle) Requiring labeling of any food containing parts of…
-SB 6876: (Sponsored by 18 lawmakers): “Prohibiting the Superintendent of Public Instruction from encouraging or promoting the teaching of sexual orientation.” From the text of the bill: “The legislature further finds that the office of superintendent of public instruction has published materials that encourage the…
We tend to have a television tuned to TVW during the session, keeping an ear on the low drone of committee hearings and other legislative white noise. Occasionally, someone commits news.Still, it was a little startling tonight, in the middle of a long meeting of…
After years of slapping the proposal down, the state Senate on Wednesday approved SB 6236, which would move the state's September primary election to August.County election officials and Secretary of State Sam Reed have long called for the change. Every year, they say, it's a…
With bill cutoff looming, here are some of the more interesting bills floating around Olympia:-House Bill 3269: Creating Smoking Rooms: Prime-sponsored by Rep. Bill Grant, D-Walla Walla, this would allow bars, clubs or other public places to designate – subject to ventilation laws regarding secondhand…
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