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Tim Eyman hid $766,000 in contributions, didn’t file reports, judge rules
Tim Eyman – a perennial initiative sponsor and 2020 Republican candidate for governor – concealed more than three-quarter of a million dollars in contributions to previous initiative campaigns, a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.
Border Patrol memo contradicts Greyhound on bus raids
A Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by The Associated Press confirms that bus companies such as Greyhound do not have to allow Border Patrol agents on board to conduct routine checks for illegal immigrants, which is contrary to the company’s long insistence that it has no choice but to do so.
Federal attorneys fire opening shot in fight over immigration enforcement restrictions in state of Washington
Federal attorneys in Seattle filed what may be an opening shot in a battle over immigration policies and their enforcement.
Far from U.S.-Mexico border, Seattle judge weighs wall funding
A federal judge in Washington state is considering whether to block President Donald Trump from diverting billions of dollars from military construction projects to build sections of border wall along the Southern border.
Spin Control: This look at 2020 isn’t necessarily 20/20
All kinds of things could happen in 2020, maybe even some of these.
Washington sues Johnson & Johnson over opioids
Washington filed its third lawsuit tied to the opioid crisis Thursday, claiming one of the nation’s biggest companies deceived doctors and patients about the addictive nature of the painkillers it developed and marketed.
Washington sues feds over courthouse immigration arrests
Contending it is the best way to get the federal government’s attention, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said he is suing the Department of Homeland Security to make its agents stop arresting people in or near local courthouses for civil immigration violations.
Washington attorney general, legislators pushing for stricter gun control laws
Attorney General Bob Ferguson and a group of Democratic legislators will try for more gun control legislation next year with a push for pending bills that would ban the sale of high-capacity magazines and semi-automatic rifles and that would tighten rules for the sale of ammunition.
Second challenge of order blocking I-976 filed with Supreme Court
A second legal maneuver to allow Initiative 976 to take effect this week and lower the cost of vehicle license tabs was filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court.
Seattle judge keeps ban on internet sales of 3D-printed gun plans
Plans for making plastic guns with a 3D printer have to stay off the internet, at least for now, because the Trump administration failed to follow proper procedures for changing the rules that currently keep them offline, a federal judge in Seattle ruled Tuesday.
Ferguson says his office can defend I-976 from legal challenges
Attorney general likely to ignore calls to hire outside lawyers to defend Initiative 976.
Spokane judge becomes second to block Trump administration’s ‘conscience rule’
A federal judge in Spokane became the second in two days to block the Trump administration’s new expanded “conscience rule” that would allow health care workers to refuse care for religious or moral reasons.
Spokane judge blocks Trump rule restricting immigration for people who need government help
The Trump administration proposed a tightening of the definition of a public charge that would allow denying the application for permanent residence to anyone who receives public benefits for more than 12 months in a three-year period. U.S. District Court Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against those changes Friday.
Firm told to pay $1 million after funneling money to Eyman
A Thurston County Superior Court judge has ordered a for-profit signature-gathering firm and its principal to collectively pay more than $1 million for deceiving Washington state residents by funneling their campaign donations to activist Tim Eyman for Eyman’s personal use.
Washington sues Trump over transfer of $89M from Puget Sound Navy base to border wall
Washington sues Trump administration over the transfer of money for Navy construction project.
Spin Control: Friday 13th was bad for Tim Eyman
If initiative entrepreneur Tim Eyman hasn’t previously put any credence in warnings about Friday the 13th, he might want to start.
Washington attorney general, regulators demand Avista refund customers more than $41 million
In written testimony filed Friday with the state Utilities and Transportation Commission, Ferguson argued that Avista should refund customers for overcharges between January 2016 and April 2018, and urged the commission, which sets rates for the state’s energy companies, to force the refund.
Opioid settlement not big enough or tough enough, Washington attorney general says
Washington is not agreeing to the tentative settlement some other states have reached with Purdue Pharma over the company’s role in the opioid crisis.
Sue Lani Madsen: Initiative didn’t strengthen gun safety, it added stigma, layers of bureaucracy
Initiative 1639 raised the age for buying a rifle to 21 and requires an “enhanced background check.” The results are, by turns, stigmatizing for those with mental health issues, burdensome for law enforcement and mind-bogglingly convoluted for some gun owners.
Washington joins lawsuit against proposed changes to detaining immigrant children
Washington joined a group of other states challenging proposed new rules by the Trump administration that state Attorney General Bob Ferguson described Monday as part of “scorched earth immigration policies.”