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Light rail funding could be in trouble if car tab taxes decrease. Photo by Richard Eriksson/Flickr
Republican lawmakers call for further action on car...
By Josh Kelety • February 2, 2018 3:00 pm

Senate Democrat slams their efforts as “unthoughtful sledgehammers.”

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Photo by Nicole Jennings
Proposed law would make tampons free for some...
By Taylor McAvoy • February 2, 2018 3:00 pm

The bill would ensure that those with low incomes can have access to clean products, say proponents.

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Martin Luther King’s county
Martin Luther King’s county
By Seattleland Staff • February 3, 2018 7:00 am

Washington state is home to the only jurisdiction named for the civil rights leader. How did that happen?

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Washington health insurance market in flux
By Josh Kelety • February 1, 2018 3:00 pm

Premiums have skyrocketed, prompting a response from lawmakers.

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A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry...
By Taylor McAvoy • February 1, 2018 3:00 pm

Opponents say that such a move would undermine the safety and rights of gun owners.

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By Nicole Jennings
Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding
By Josh Kelety • February 1, 2018 7:00 am

Roughly $1 billion more is needed, and school districts want their local levies.

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A sign from an earlier era at the Seattle Fire Department headquarters. Photo by Alex Garland
Washington lawmakers seek to increase nuclear attack preparations
By Alex Visser • February 1, 2018 7:00 am

Bipartisan bills in the House and Senate could remove Cold War-era emergency planning restrictions.

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Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s work area and office west of the Coast Guard station on Ediz Hook serves the company’s salmon farm. Photo by Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News
Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed...
By Alex Visser • January 31, 2018 7:00 am

The operation also faces possible closure if legislators pass a bill that would ban the use of Atlantic salmon in state aquaculture.

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University of Washington students walk to their meeting in the state reception room in the capital building in Olympia. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
Students lobby for state funded tuition grants
By Taylor McAvoy • January 31, 2018 7:00 am

University of Washington students from the Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses met with lawmakers on Monday to lobby for support…

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Affirmative action could make a comeback in Washington...
By Taylor McAvoy • January 30, 2018 7:00 am

Two decades after a voter-approved initiative made the practice illegal, legislators are calling for a reversal.

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Senate Labor and Commerce Committee members Senators Karen Keiser, D-Kent; Bob Hasegawa, D-Beacon Hill; and Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before...
By Taylor McAvoy • January 26, 2018 3:00 pm

In the midst of the #MeToo movement, legislators seek a culture shift.

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Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes the state House
Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes...
By Josh Kelety • January 26, 2018 3:00 pm

Transit advocates fear it will cut funding for key projects.

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Vetoed tax cut for manufacturers again pushed in...
By Josh Kelety • January 26, 2018 7:00 am

Bill would lower business and occupation tax by 40 percent over four years.

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Senate votes to extend college financial aid to state Dreamers
Senate votes to extend college financial aid to...
By Alex Visser • January 25, 2018 3:00 pm

The bipartisan effort is intended to send a message to the other Washington while creating opportunities for young immigrants.

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Puget Sound orcas surface near Tacoma. Photo by Mike Charest/Flickr
Orca Protection Act aims to protect Pacific Northwest’s...
By Alex Visser • January 25, 2018 7:00 am

Senator Kevin Ranker says the orca population in Puget Sound is down to 83, the lowest it had ever been.

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State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and harassment
State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and...
By Jerry Cornfield • January 25, 2018 7:00 am

Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.

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Senator Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, speaks for her proposal to add domestic harassment to the crimes that could cost a person their gun rights. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
Senator proposes revoking firearm rights in cases of...
By Taylor McAvoy • January 24, 2018 3:00 pm

The bill would expand an existing law that takes guns from perpetrators of domestic violence.

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Lawmakers want to rein in Washington’s many tax...
By Josh Kelety • January 24, 2018 3:00 pm

The vast majority of the state’s tax exemptions benefit businesses.

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Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee members, from left: Senators Karen Keiser, Patty Kuderer, Annette Cleveland, and Ann Rivers. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
Lawmakers consider a bill to raise the legal...
By Taylor McAvoy • January 24, 2018 7:00 am

The bill has support from Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

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American Indian activists rally in Olympia
American Indian activists rally in Olympia
By Alex Visser • January 24, 2018 7:00 am

More than 100 were on hand to lobby state government on issues including the welfare of indigenous women and children, and a planned liquified natural gas facility in Tacoma.

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  • King County’s new prosecuting attorney announces task force units
  • Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate
  • Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk
  • Housing costs, homelessness among top issues in WA, survey says
  • While many were found, work remains to protect Indigenous people

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