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News >  Spokane

Spokane high school sex offender’s sentence upheld

Fri., May 31, 2019

Teen sex offender’s exceptional sentence for attacks on classmates upheld by state Supreme Court.

News >  Spokane

Washington Guard training for deployment to Poland

UPDATED: Tue., May 28, 2019

Washington’s largest Army National Guard unit is being sent to Poland for a year in 2021.

News >  WA Government

State files to block federal ‘conscience rule’ on health care

UPDATED: Wed., May 29, 2019

Attorney General Bob Ferguson files a legal challenge to Trump administration’s “conscience rule” that allows health care providers to refuse treatment based on religious beliefs.

News >  Spokane

So many bills, so little time and space to report them

Sun., May 26, 2019

A quick review of some new laws that may have been overshadowed or lost in the crush of the final days.

News >  WA Government

Supreme Court: ‘Faithless electors’ can be fined $1,000

UPDATED: Thu., May 23, 2019

“Faithless” electors’ rights aren’t violated by the state’s $1,000 fine for casting a ballot for someone who didn’t win the presidential contest.

News >  WA Government

Gov. Inslee signs record state budget, new taxes to pay for it

UPDATED: Tue., May 21, 2019

Gov. Jay Inslee signs record state operating budget, along with new taxes needed to cover some of the spending.

News >  WA Government

Inslee shifts $175M from road projects to culverts

UPDATED: Tue., May 21, 2019

Gov. Jay Inslee adds $175 million to transportation spending on culverts to satisfy a federal court order.

News >  WA Government

Human composting to be legal in Washington

UPDATED: Tue., May 21, 2019

Human composting to become legal next year.

News >  WA Government

Inslee ignores request to veto study of effects of possible Snake River dam breaching

UPDATED: Wed., May 22, 2019

Despite calls for veto, state operating budget has money to study effects of possible breaching of Snake River dams.

News >  WA Government

Spin Control: Running for office? Great. Now listen up.

Sun., May 19, 2019

Spin Control reprises its eight rules for running for office for the 2019 crop of candidates.

News >  WA Government

Washington workers to pay into fund to help with long-term care

Tue., May 14, 2019

Washington to set up special trust fund to help with long-term care costs by requiring payments from workers.

News >  Spokane

U.S. News tells Washington state ‘You’re No. 1’

UPDATED: Tue., May 14, 2019

National magazine crunches lots of state data and puts Washington on top.

News >  WA Government

Jay Inslee as candidate intersects with Inslee as governor

Sun., May 12, 2019

As presidential race heats up, Gov. Jay Inslee and candidate Jay Inslee get closer together.

News >  WA Government

Spin Control: Campaign season is about to start, officially

Sun., May 12, 2019

The candidates are in the starting blocks, waiting for the gun to sound.

News >  WA Government

Laws to help shift mental health care to communities

Fri., May 10, 2019

New laws aim to move mental health care out of large institutions and into community settings.

News >  WA Government

Strippers to get safer workplaces under new bill

Wed., May 8, 2019

Strippers and other adult entertainment workers will get certain protections, including panic buttons in certain locations around their workplaces and a “black list” that bans dangerous customers under a new law.

News >  WA Government

Laws to protect orcas with cleaner, quieter water, more salmon

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2019

Gov. Jay Inslee signs laws to protect orcas.

News >  WA Government

Tattooing eyeballs to be illegal

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2019

For Washington residents who want to turn the whites of their eyes a different color, or add an eye-catching design, time is running out. And that’s a good thing, according to eye doctors.

News >  WA Government

Washington takes another step toward year-round daylight saving time

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2019

Year-round daylight savings time will happen in Washington, if Congress gives the OK.

News >  WA Government

‘Ghost gun’ ban, other firearms laws signed

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2019

New gun laws could be “model” for rest of country, Gov. Jay Inslee says.

News >  WA Government

Legislators chose help for schools, colleges and mental help – and the taxes to pay for it

Sun., May 5, 2019

If governing is about choosing, the Legislature made hundreds of choices by what they passed, and more than a thousand by what they didn’t pass.

News >  WA Government

Spin Control: State Democrats’ talk doesn’t match actions in alarm raised about Matt Shea

Sun., May 5, 2019

State Democrats asking for donations over the controversy surrounding Rep. Matt Shea.

News >  WA Government

House Democrats call for investigation into Spokane Valley state Rep. Matt Shea

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2019

House Democrats call for investigation into Republican Rep. Matt Shea’s comments in online chat that called for violence against political opponents.

News >  Spokane

New laws cover Gold Star license plates, marijuana in schools and robotic delivery

Wed., May 1, 2019

Gov. Jay Inslee signs laws on Gold Star family license plates, medical marijuana in schools and robot deliveries.

News >  Spokane

How lawmakers beat the clock, and wound up with a budget and other needed legislation

Tue., April 30, 2019

With two hours to midnight and the statutory end of the regular session of the 2019 Legislature, the odds seemed better than even that lawmakers would miss that deadline and need a special session of hours or days to finish their work.