Yesterday, House Lawmakers debated concurrence of Senate Amendments for Second Substitute House Bill 1028, concerning evaluation and recommendation of candidates for residency teacher certifications. The…
A Thurston County Superior Court judge today ordered Tim Eyman to pay nearly $2.9 million in costs and fees related to Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s…
The Auburn City Council’s April 12 study session started with massive spending allocation master planning, including a new $65 million dollar police station, to ending…
Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated in a Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee hearing to talk about her transportation and infrastructure policy priorities. During the…
Senate lawmakers discussed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1336, which would create and expand unrestricted authority for public entities to provide telecommunications services to end users.…
Senate lawmakers debated Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1140, which would provide juvenile access to attorneys when contacted by law enforcement. Rep. Jesse Johnson (D- Federal…
State House lawmakers debated Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5044, which would provide professional learning, equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school…
Rep. Eric Robertson, R-Sumner, announced that due to late House floor action last night, he is rescheduling his 31st District virtual town hall meeting to Tuesday, April…
Rep. Eric Robertson, (R-Sumner, 31LD) will host a virtual town hall meeting on Wednesday, April 7 at 6:00 p.m. for the citizens of the 31st…
The U.S. House has passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, setting up a path to citizenship for immigrant farmworkers, but some groups representing workers say it…
Rep. Drew Stokesbary, (R-Auburn, 31-LD), ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement Saturday following passage of the House Democrats’ 2021-23 operating…
U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA), John Joyce, M.D. (R-PA), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) and David McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) today introduced the Strengthening the Vaccines for…
The impacts from climate change fall disproportionately on some people, but a bill in the Washington state Legislature aims to put those folks at the…
Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) participated today in a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about misinformation on social media platforms. The CEOs of Google, Twitter,…
King County has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Tommy Le. Le, a 20-year- was shot and…
Shalisa Hayes is a mother with a mission. In August 2011, she experienced the deepest pain a mother could feel — the loss of her…
A measure in the Washington Legislature would expand the state’s innovative model for affordable long-term care. The Long-term Care Trust Act, passed in 2019, creates a…