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Washington Supreme Court rules that legislators must release public records

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2019

Individual legislators must release records under the state’s Public Records law, which has “a strongly worded mandate for broad disclosure,” a divided state Supreme Court said today.

News >  WA Government

Inslee: Tap state reserves to fight homelessness; delay North Spokane Corridor work until July

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 18, 2019

Washington should tap its rainy day fund for some $319 million to help fight homelessness in communities around the state, Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday.

News >  WA Government

Washington sues feds over courthouse immigration arrests

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 17, 2019

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.

News >  Spokane

Congress votes to compensate Spokane Tribe millions for flooded Grand Coulee lands

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Some 70 years after their traditional homelands were flooded as part of the reservoir for the Grand Coulee Dam, Congress approved a new system of paying the Spokane Tribe for the land they lost.

News >  Spokane

Foundation seeking names, birthdates of hundreds of thousands of government workers

Sun., Dec. 15, 2019

Anti-union Freedom Foundation is requesting records on hundreds of thousands of government workers.

News >  WA Government

Spin Control: I-976 fallout fuels split in state

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 16, 2019

Rancor over Initiative 976, stoked by its creator, fuels an us-versus-them feeling in Washington.

News >  Washington

Washington attorney general, legislators pushing for stricter gun control laws

Fri., Dec. 13, 2019

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.

News >  Washington

More workers to qualify for overtime under new state rules

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 13, 2019

More Washington workers would either get a raise or qualify for overtime starting in 2021 under new rules from the state Department of Labor and Industries.

News >  WA Government

Shea calls investigation Marxist, Globalist tactic

Tue., Dec. 10, 2019

The legislative investigation against him is political warfare being conducted by “Globalists, Marxists and Islamists” and is similar to efforts to impeach the president, Rep. Matt Shea said recently in a long internet interview with an InfoWars host.

News >  WA Government

McMorris Rodgers an honorary chairwoman for Trump 2020

Mon., Dec. 9, 2019

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers will serve as a state honorary co-chairwoman for President Donald Trump’s re-election bid, the campaign announced recently.

News >  WA Government

Wondering what you owe for that December license tab? Here’s how to find out

Sun., Dec. 8, 2019

Washington motorists wondering how much they must pay to renew their December license tabs may have to wait for weeks to get the official notice from the state Department of Licensing.

Opinion >  Column

Spin Control: For some lawmakers, ’tis the season to be filing

Sun., Dec. 8, 2019

Some legislators make wishes for 2020 by filing bills.

News >  Washington

Car tab break set for today delayed, as Supreme Court continues block on lower fees

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 5, 2019

Hoping for a break on your license tab fees? It’s still in the courts.

News >  WA Government

House leaders get Shea report, but public release delayed

Thu., Dec. 5, 2019

Top House members were briefed Wednesday on the investigation of Rep. Matt Shea, but release of the report to the public is not likely before next week.

News >  WA Government

Raquel Montoya-Lewis named as first Native American to Washington Supreme Court

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 4, 2019

A Whatcom County Superior Court judge with extensive experience as a tribal judge to become first Native American on the Washington Supreme Court.

News >  Washington

Second challenge of order blocking I-976 filed with Supreme Court

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 3, 2019

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.

News >  WA Government

Fortunato bill would end sanctuary cities

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 3, 2019

Washington shouldn’t be a sanctuary state for undocumented immigrants, and its cities shouldn’t be allowed to declare themselves sanctuary cities, a Republican state senator running for governor said Monday.

News >  Spokane

Maps show voters didn’t cast ballots in predictable blocs in the Nov. 5 election

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 5, 2019

Voters are a discerning bunch, as a computer analysis of key races from the Nov. 5 election show.

News >  Spokane

Cathy McMorris Rodgers supports aid to Ukraine but doesn’t see President Trump’s delay as impeachable

Sun., Nov. 24, 2019

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers joined the Congressional Ukraine Caucus after visiting that country in 2015. She disagrees with the Trump administration’s decision earlier this year to delay military aid to Ukraine, but doesn’t see anything yet that would be impeachable.

News >  Spokane

Members of Congress criticize minor league baseball reductions

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2019

Members of Congress ask Major League Baseball not to eliminate minor league teams.

News >  Washington

State to prepare for $478 million in transportation cuts

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2019

State lawmakers looking to trim some $478 million from the transportation budget during 2020 session.

News >  WA Government

No sign of recession for Washington, economists say

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2019

Washington may see a slowing economy in the next few years, but a recession does not appear to be on the horizon, the state’s economist told legislative leaders Wednesday.

Opinion >  Column

Spin Control: Time for filing election challenges and grousing about ignoring ‘will of the voters’

Sun., Nov. 17, 2019

It’s that time of the year for filing election challenges and complaining about those challengers ignoring the will of the people.

News >  Spokane

Seattle judge keeps ban on internet sales of 3D-printed gun plans

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 12, 2019

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.

News >  Spokane

Ferguson says his office can defend I-976 from legal challenges

Tue., Nov. 12, 2019

Attorney general likely to ignore calls to hire outside lawyers to defend Initiative 976.