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Lawmakers pass levy bill, save school funding for 2017-18
OLYMPIA — Washington’s public school districts won’t be tumbling over the levy cliff as feared.
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Lawmakers press Sound Transit to change course on car tabs
OLYMPIA —State senators on Monday vented their frustration with Sound Transit’s soaring car tab fees, demanding the transit…
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Lawmakers ready to hunker down on school funding
OLYMPIA — A small group of lawmakers will gather Wednesday to begin the difficult negotiations on a plan…
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Sound Transit in crosshairs of lawmakers who want changes
OLYMPIA — Fix it or we’ll fix it for you.
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Little interest in Olympia to tie Boeing jobs to big tax break
OLYMPIA — Aerospace workers attempting to claw back some of a multibillion-dollar tax break to the Boeing Co.…
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State Senate OKs bill to add hundreds of ballot drop boxes
OLYMPIA — A Monroe lawmaker’s bill that could more than double the number of ballot drop boxes in…
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Washington’s faithless electors are about to face the music
OLYMPIA — The next episode in a political drama sparked by President Donald Trump’s election will take place…
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Inslee ‘shocked’ Trump doesn’t understand health care issues
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee came away from his first face-to-face encounter with President Donald Trump on Monday…
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Police deadly force bill dies in Senate committee
OLYMPIA — Washington will continue to be one of the toughest states in which to convict law enforcement…
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State House passes education funding bill; challenges loom
OLYMPIA — The state House on Wednesday approved a $7.6 billion blueprint for fully funding public schools as…
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Governor’s order takes aim at Trump’s immigration policy
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order Thursday aimed at ensuring state agencies do not help…
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Political pragmatism blocks votes on death penalty, weapons
OLYMPIA — A vote, up or down, on abolishing the death penalty in Washington.
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Monroe lawmaker wants more ballot drop boxes in county
OLYMPIA — Republican state Sen. Kirk Pearson doesn’t like the vote-by-mail system and thinks putting a stamp on…
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Lawmakers seek to give state schools chief more power
OLYMPIA — The new state public schools chief is seeking greater authority to direct education policy in Washington,…
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Fewer credits may be required for graduation
OLYMPIA — Three years after deciding high school students must earn 24 credits to graduate, some Democratic and…
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No opposition to Sound Transit boundary fix proposal
OLYMPIA — There appears to be little political opposition to resolving a dilemma faced by Snohomish County homeowners…
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Toll lane foes vent frustrations at state Senate hearing
OLYMPIA — Opposing forces collided Wednesday when a state Senate panel considered a bill to get rid of…
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More taxes needed for schools, but that’s where agreement ends
OLYMPIA — This may surprise you, but one thing legislative leaders and the governor agree on is that…
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Proposals create uncertainty for Snohomish County schools
OLYMPIA — There is no lack of numbers predicting what the state may spend in the next couple…
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Debate begins anew on retooling state public records law
OLYMPIA — A crowd filled a legislative hearing Friday to weigh in on proposals that could bring about…