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RPA passes House, not likely to get Senate vote
RPA passes House, not likely to get Senate vote
Matt Shea bill targets road art
OLYMPIA – The Washington state Transportation Department would be barred from spending highway construction money for art or special concrete designs on walls and bridges under a Spokane Valley legislator’s bill.
Barring road art might not save much
Barring road art might not save much
Abortion foes fill Capitol mall
Abortion foes fill Capitol mall
Rep. Matt Shea: Electronic home monitoring needs supervision
The entire nation was shocked and saddened in 2009 when Maurice Clemmons, a career criminal, walked into a Pierce County coffee shop and gunned down four Lakewood police officers. But what made the story especially tragic was that, by any objective standard, Clemmons had no business on the street in the first place. Three days earlier, Clemmons had posted bail of $190,000 on a variety of violent crime charges. To ensure he showed up for his trial and the bond was repaid, his bail bondsman – Jail Sucks Bail Bonds, Inc. – ordered Clemmons to wear an ankle bracelet that would alert authorities if he attempted to flee.
Boeing tax, permit breaks sail through Washington Legislature
OLYMPIA – The Legislature gave overwhelming approval to bills designed to persuade Boeing to build a new jetliner in Washington, rejecting calls Saturday to spread the benefits of tax breaks and streamlined permit approvals to all businesses in the state. Then it adjourned the special session without any public discussion of the other thing mentioned by Gov. Jay Inslee when he called them back to Olympia last Tuesday: a $10 billion transportation package to build new highway projects and restore crumbling roads and bridges.
Legislature extends tax breaks, training programs to keep Boeing work in Washington
OLYMPIA — The Legislature gave overwhelming approval to bills designed to convince Boeing to build a new jetliner in Washington, rejecting calls Saturday to spread the benefits of tax breaks and streamlined permit approvals to all businesses in the state.