State presidential primary not budging from May 24
Washington will not move its presidential primary to March in order to have more voice in the selection process.
Washington will not move its presidential primary to March in order to have more voice in the selection process.
The AP reports the Seattle City Council has passed two new gun ordinances which are likely to draw quick challenges.
With 10 candidates on stage, the claims were coming fast and furious last night at the Republican presidential forum. But were they coming straight and true. Inside we link to some fact-checking accounts.
OLYMPIA -- A group of state senators is pressing state Attorney General Bob Ferguson to investigate Planned Parenthood in the wake of reports the organization sold tissue from aborted fetuses.
The Spokane Valley Library bond passed in the city, but failed badly in the outlying areas.
Spokane Mayor David Condon finished easily in first, and community activist Shar Lichty a comfortable second in the city primary. Incumbents Mike Fagan and Karen Stratton topped the field in their respective council races.
Tuesday evening is the deadline for casting ballots in the primary election. Chances are you still have yours, because only about 25 percent of Spokane County ballots have made their way to the elections office. Information on the election, and ballot drop boxes, are inside the blog.
In what may be considered a mid-summer ritual, an initiative sponsored by Tim Eyman qualified last week for the November ballot and was denounced by his ardent detractors.
OLYMPIA – As Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing continues to suffer the slings and arrows from outrageous comment, it’s not uncommon for a supporter to call or write the paper and echo of hizzoner’s challenge to his challengers. That is, if the voters don’t like what he wrote, they can recall him. Actually, no. . .
OLYMPIA -- A major rewrite of the state's clean water rules was put on hold today as Gov. Jay Inslee ordered the Department of Ecology to "reassess" the plan he proposed in 2015 year but did not pass this year's Legislature. The department may draft a new set of rules for pollution and fish consumption standards.
Gov. Jay Inslee's approval ratings are gradually drifting downward, pollster H. Stuart Elway says.
Latest initiative from Tim Eyman and company qualifies for the ballot.
Former Councilman Bob Dellwo, long involved in politics and government, dies at 97.
OLYMPIA -- Lobbyists give the Legislature a slightly better grade than voters in new Elway Polls.
OLYMPIA -- What should the court do if it's not happy with the Legislature's latest report on fixing the schools?
The state Democratic Party has an online petition calling for the Airway Heights mayor to resign over Obama comments.
OLYMPIA -- The state Liquor Control Board officially becomes the Liquor and Cannabis Board today.
Washington pharmacists can't send customers to another store for emergency birth control because of religious objections, a federal appeals court ruled today.
OLYMPIA -- An effort to give voters a chance to reject changes to the state's medical marijuana laws has failed. Supporters of a referendum to put it on the November ballot have told state officials they won't be turning in signatures.
OLYMPIA – Although the Legislature left town July 9, the true end of the session came Wednesday when Gov. Jay Inslee signed the last three of the 363 bills lawmakers managed to pass in their record-setting 176-day triple-overtime stint. We parse the numbers, and look at the final signing.
Gov. Jay Inslee signs bills with gas-tax hike, $16 billion for a long list of transportation projects.
OLYMPIA -- Two issues that forced the Legislature into an extra week of overtime were signed into law today. Gov. Jay Inslee signed bills that delay class-size reductions from fourth grade through high school for four years, and give high school seniors a two-year reprieve on the biology assessment test.
OLYMPIA -- Three GOP legislators, including Spokane Sen. Mike Baumgartner, are backing the newest Republican in the presidential race. A new video, meantime, definitely does not. Details inside
OLYMPIA -- After a record 176 days, the 2015 wrapped up business and adjourned, hopefully until 2016. Updated story inside.
OLYMPIA -- Moving toward adjournment, the House approved a two-year delay in the high school biology assessment test.