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State high court upholds $1,000 fines on ‘faithless electors’
They signed pledges to back their party’s nominee, Clinton, in 2016, but then voted for Colin Powell.
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School districts get the higher levy cap that they wanted
Under a newly signed law, some may pay more in property taxes to their local schools next year.
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Pow! Bam! Inslee delivers a one-two punch of executive power
Governor shifted $175M to culverts and vetoed a sentence he said threatened funding for transit.
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Inslee urged to use the red pen on a few budget provisions
Some want him to veto tax increases on banks and businesses too. We’ll find out Tuesday what he…
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Search for a new Everett schools leader enters home stretch
Superintendent Cohn is retiring and the school board may name the finalists for his job Tuesday.
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Upon further review, EPA wants to redo water quality rules
Feds say they’ll use what the state submitted in 2016 even though they’re no longer the state’s faves.
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Long term care costs are about to get a little less painful
A first-in-the-nation program funded by workers will provide financial help to defray expenses.
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Teachers in Edmonds district are preparing to get pink slips
School board to act Tuesday on plan that also axes jobs of assistant principals and paraeducators.
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Districts face penalty if they don’t follow rules for levies
School leaders, including Everett’s, seek a veto of a punishment provision in the levy bill.
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State commits $16M to clean former mill site of contaminants
The money will help Port of Everett prepare the South Terminal berth to serve larger cargo ships.
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Schools to get help assessing students for potential threats
A new law will expand use of assessment techniques and require training of school resource officers.
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In state House, one historic era ends and another begins
Chopp is out as speaker. Lovick is in, and already dealing with next steps in two investigations.
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Up to 45 teachers could get pink slips in Edmonds district
Assistant principals and paraeducators, too, may lose jobs as the schools face a $17.7 million hole.
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Carpool lane violators will pay more for breaking the law
Bill sent to the governor will hike fines and add a penalty for using a dummy to avoid…
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AG’s legal tab in Eyman case nears $1M with trial a year away
The anti-tax activist will be tried in July 2020 on charges he repeatedly broke state election laws.
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Even with all that winning, Democrats didn’t run the table
They didn’t pass a capital gains tax or plastic bag ban and the death penalty is still on…
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With last-minute deal on school levies, Legislature adjourns
Democratic leaders and the governor were all smiles after succeeding with an ambitious agenda.
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The state is getting close to expand tolling
If lawmakers toll all of 405 and Highway 167, it may mean money to unclog the interstate in…
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Students in Washington might get easier path to graduation
Lawmakers have passed a bill to end some testing requirements for high school diplomas.
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To the end, lawmakers struggle to cross the finish line
A disagreement among Democrats on lifting school levy cap threatened to force a special session.