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School funding looms over lawmakers prepping for ‘marathon’
OLYMPIA — Time is running out on the 2017 Legislature.
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Education panel splits along party lines on legislature’s first day
OLYMPIA — Monday’s opening of the 2017 legislative session featured traditional displays of pomp and calls for unity…
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State lawmakers predict session will be exciting — and long
OLYMPIA — When John Koster is sworn in as a state representative Monday, he’ll be returning to a…
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Ways to contact your lawmakers and other fun facts
The 2017 session of Washington’s Legislature begins Monday, Jan. 9, in Olympia. It is scheduled to last 105…
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Legislators offer dueling proposals to resolve school funding issue
OLYMPIA — A bipartisan panel of state lawmakers demonstrated Wednesday the difficulty of forging agreement on fully funding…
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GOP’s probe of Planned Parenthood ends, but fight continues
OLYMPIA — A politically contentious investigation by Congressional Republicans into the practices of Planned Parenthood and procuring of…
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McAuliffe steps down from state Senate, eyes council run
BOTHELL — In less than a week, Rosemary McAuliffe, of Bothell, will leave the state Senate and, for…
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Study mulls costs of building ferries out of state
OLYMPIA — A new study tackles a nagging question of whether it’s cheaper for Washington State Ferries to…
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State levies $1,000 fines on 4 ‘faithless’ electors
OLYMPIA — Secretary of State Kim Wyman on Thursday levied $1,000 fines on the four Democratic electors who…
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Ecology report recommends state adopt stricter emission limits
OLYMPIA — A new state Department of Ecology report says deeper cuts in carbon emissions are required in…
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Inslee budget: No help for Everett’s WSU engineering program
OLYMPIA — Washington State University has hit a snag in a quest to boost enrollment in engineering courses…
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Politically speaking, our state proved fairly predictable
OLYMPIA — This wasn’t a very good year for many of the nation’s venerable pollsters and pundits as…
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$1,000 fines for ‘faithless electors’ to be levied next week
OLYMPIA — The four Electoral College members who broke a state law by voting for someone other than…
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Tina Podlodowski challenges state Democratic party chairman
OLYMPIA — A fierce fight is under way for the top leadership post of the Washington State Democratic…
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Electoral College: Trump wins; 4 state electors break pledges
OLYMPIA — Donald Trump sewed up the presidential election Monday, overcoming an unprecedented campaign to deny him a…
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State’s gun database has a 2-year backlog of transactions
OLYMPIA — A state firearms database relied upon by law enforcement officers lacks information on the sale of…
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$37.8M in governor’s budget for Edmonds college building
OLYMPIA — Leaders of Edmonds Community College are smiling this week as Gov. Jay Inslee embraced funding for…
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Inslee’s $46.7B budget plan: $5.2B in new and higher taxes
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled a $46.7 billion budget proposal Wednesday that fully funds public schools, provides…
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This Everett member of the Electoral College might go rogue
Related: Judge rejects Washington electors’ attempt to avoid fine
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State Patrol morale better, but still lags, new review finds
OLYMPIA — Washington State Patrol troopers are in a slightly better mood about their jobs than a year…