Proposal to increase new restrictions on marijuana businesses could be expensive and hard to enforce.

Splitting Eastern Washington off makes sense because its people are ignored, Rep. Matt Shea says.

School’s almost out but the argument over proper funding for public education is unlikely to take a vacation based on recent court filings.

Committee report tells the Supreme Court what Legislature did and didn’t do to meet obligations to public schools.

OLYMPIA – The Legislature made progress toward the court mandate to improve public schools, but didn’t set aside money for the fine the court opposed for past failures to meet that mandate, a special committee said Wednesday.

A state board dismissed an ethics complaint against State Rep. Matt Shea for traveling to two protests against federal land policies.

Lobbyists asked to grade the 2016 legislative session turn in some low marks.

OLYMPIA – When a legislative session ends, a pile of bills wind up on a governor’s desk to become law or be vetoed, but an even bigger pile were introduced and never made it that far.

Some bills got caught the public’s attention briefly but didn’t get all the way through the Legislature.