Fred Sittmann of Stanwood, Wash., listens to speakers at Friday's gun rights rally. OLYMPIA – Second Amendment activists came well-armed to a Capitol Campus rally Friday where legislators promised to protect their freedom to have firearms and speakers denounced President Obama and gun control. With…
OLYMPIA -- A hearing on a proposal to require insurance companies to cover abortion services if they cover live births was cancelled this morning, a few days after the committee chairman said he would hear the bill even though he didn't support it. The Reproductive…
OLYMPIA -- This will likely be a short day around the Capitol as some legislators like to leave early to be home for the weekend and committees don't schedule late hearings. The light agenda in both chambers includes resolutions honoring the state's National Guard, and…
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