Sunday Spin 3: Officially unappointed
Lieutenant governor bounces senator from task force.
Lieutenant governor bounces senator from task force.
Governor not commenting on Mount Spokane project.
Having issued their subpoenas for documents on problems with prison releases, Senate Republicans confront new situation: Someone has to go through them.
The Spokane City Council has settled on seven finalists to replace Jon Snyder, who left the council for a state job earlier this month. They are: Breean Beggs, who unsuccesfully ran for county prosecutor in 2014 and represented the family of Otto Zehm in a...
A proposal that would require Spokane to expand its board of county commissioners to five members is headed to the full House.
A proposed constitutional amendment to require tax increases to be approved by a two-thirds super majority moved out of Senate committee Thursday morning.
Bill to repeal rule allowing a person to select bathroom based on gender identity passes committee, sent to full Senate.
OLYMPIA – A Spokane senator wants to keep other cities from mandating paid sick leave as the Spokane City Council has, or from raising the minimum wage higher than state law requires. The Spokane Council president said the proposal doesn't respect the will of local voters.
House Republicans tried unsuccessfully to maneuver around committee hearings for a proposed constitutional amendment to require two-thirds majorities for tax increases.
Wise, if somewhat pithy, words on the right to sue.
Would legislators ask all lobbyists equally tough questions?
GSI visitors get first-hand look at debate over "over-reach."
Senate Republicans moved to keep charter schools open with Lottery money in an effort to find a system that would pass muster with the Supreme Court.
The Senate is expected to vote on a bill to overcome the Supreme Court's objection to state money going to charter schools.
Legislators subpoena Corrections Department, governor's office for records on early inmate releases.
Despite the rain, thousands of demonstrators attended the annual March for Life in Olympia Monday.
David Kay, 59, announced Tuesday he will run as a Democrat against incumbent Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who will be seeking her sixth term in Congress, and Joe Pakootas, who fell to McMorris Rodgers with roughly 40 percent of the vote in 2014.
OLYMPIA – Cities and counties couldn’t ban licensed marijuana stores without a public vote under a proposal approved Monday by a House committee.
Bill targets dawdling drivers in the passing lane.
A Senate committee could issue subpoenas as early as mid week to the state Department of Corrections for records related to computer problems that led to the early release of thousands of inmates. Democratic leaders called it a political diversion from more important work.
The Legislature marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day with some speeches but not a day off. The holiday means the Capitol is full of people pleading their case on different issues.
OLYMPIA – It didn’t take long for Washington’s Democratic governor and legislative Republicans to accuse each other of politics, which, of course, was completely unexpected for a legislative session in a major political election year.
A fairly busy day in Olympia, as Gov. Jay Inslee has scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference, the Senate Ways and Means Committee has a hearing on his budget at 3:30 p.m., and Senate Law and Justice has a hearing on dividing the state into districts for Supreme Court elections.
A State of the Union Address generates lots of e-mailed responses. We're compiling some from around the region inside the blog.
OLYMPIA – The Legislature should agree to pay public school teachers more, take steps to prevent devastating wildfires and expand mental health services, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday. It should lay the groundwork for major improvements to school funding in 2017.
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