Gov. Jay Inslee is suggesting a new way of assessing the state’s share of the real estate excise tax.
Here is a snapshot of a few bills that have been pre-filed for introduction on opening day of the upcoming legislative session.
The biomedical industry is looking for graduates and the university is seeking $1.5M to produce more of them.
The state has never had so much money to spend on government. Inslee says it is still not enough.
Washington also is considering becoming more significant by moving its primary to early March.
The competitive nature of the initiative and referendum season now peaking in Washington.
Snohomish County gets $166,000, but if turnout is high this year, it might cost more.
What we do know is that he’s off to Iowa in June to deliver the keynote address at a party fundraiser.
The conservative activist’s self-financing claim points to a lack of deep-pocketed donors.
Kim Wyman is asking Gov. Jay Inslee for the authority to reimburse counties for postal costs.
Community Transit’s second bus rapid transit line, from Bothell to Paine Field, is to open next year.
It was not always a civil process, but two diametrically opposed groups managed to find common ground.
It will be illegal in Washington to sell or own devices that make semiautomatic guns fire more rapidly.
The Senate and House disagree over whether lost revenue from a lower fee should be offset right away.
It should result in reduction of the cost of vehicle licenses. The bill now goes to the state House.
Meantime, news organizations, including this one, have agreed to pause a lawsuit over access.
What did they do, and what matters to you?
Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.
If legislators don’t act on the governor’s legislation, a plan could land on the November ballot.
In his State-of-the-State address, the governor made the case for an ambitious carbon tax.
