Sunday Spin 3: Officially unappointed 1
Lieutenant governor bounces senator from task force.
Spin Control archive for Jan. 2016
SUNDAY, JAN. 31, 2016
Sunday Spin 2: Inslee not biting on ski expansion request 2
Governor not commenting on Mount Spokane project.
SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 2016
Sunday Spin: Senate GOP needs investigator for documents they subpoenaed 3
Having issued their subpoenas for documents on problems with prison releases, Senate Republicans confront new situation: Someone has to go through them.
FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 2016
Spokane City Council picks finalists for Snyder's seat 4
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...
THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 2016
5 commissioner bill heads to House 1
A proposal that would require Spokane to expand its board of county commissioners to five members is headed to the full House.
Tax super majority amendment heads to Senate 8
A proposed constitutional amendment to require tax increases to be approved by a two-thirds super majority moved out of Senate committee Thursday morning.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 2016
Full Senate to vote on gender-identity bathroom bill 9
Bill to repeal rule allowing a person to select bathroom based on gender identity passes committee, sent to full Senate.
TUESDAY, JAN. 26, 2016
Baumgartner, Stuckart spar over plan to limit city workplace laws 33
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.
MONDAY, JAN. 25, 2016
House rejects fast track for super majority amendment 21
House Republicans tried unsuccessfully to maneuver around committee hearings for a proposed constitutional amendment to require two-thirds majorities for tax increases.
SUNDAY, JAN. 24, 2016
Sunday Spin Bonus: Say what?
Wise, if somewhat pithy, words on the right to sue.
Sunday Spin2: What questions are OK to ask lobbyists 1
Would legislators ask all lobbyists equally tough questions?
SATURDAY, JAN. 23, 2016
Sunday Spin: Stepping into the debate between the court and lawmakers 8
GSI visitors get first-hand look at debate over "over-reach."
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 2016
Senate passes charter school bill 15
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.
WaLeg Day 10: Charter schools and college athletes
The Senate is expected to vote on a bill to overcome the Supreme Court's objection to state money going to charter schools.
TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 2016
Senate panel issues subpoenas on inmate release 1
Legislators subpoena Corrections Department, governor's office for records on early inmate releases.
Thousands of abortion foes demonstrate at Capitol 23
Despite the rain, thousands of demonstrators attended the annual March for Life in Olympia Monday.
U.S. Army, Foreign Service veteran joins Congressional race against McMorris Rodgers, Pakootas 12
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.
MONDAY, JAN. 18, 2016
Pot shop bans would have to go on ballot 1
OLYMPIA – Cities and counties couldn’t ban licensed marijuana stores without a public vote under a proposal approved Monday by a House committee.
Driving too slow in the fast lane could get more expensive 3
Bill targets dawdling drivers in the passing lane.
Democrats complain of politics as Senate committee seeks Corrections records 1
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.
WaLeg Day 8: Not a day off in Olympia 1
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.
SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 2016
Sunday Spin: Unshocking development in Legislature's week 1 -- politics
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.
THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 2016
WaLeg Day 4: Inslee press conference, budget hearing, Supreme Court by district 3
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.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 2016
Responses to the State of the Union 5
A State of the Union Address generates lots of e-mailed responses. We're compiling some from around the region inside the blog.
TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 2016
Inslee: WA deserves confident government 14
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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