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Initiative would bar governments from enacting soda taxes
It would also prohibit local taxes on other food and drinks typically sold in supermarkets.
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Secretary of state pushes for pre-paid postage for ballots
Kim Wyman is asking Gov. Jay Inslee for the authority to reimburse counties for postal costs.
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GOP defends its turf in Congress, gives incumbent Democrats a pass
Everett’s Rick Larsen is one of 6 state House Democrats who so far have no Republican challengers.
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Is state funding schools sufficiently? Maybe, say plaintiffs
Lawmakers think they have complied with a court mandate. Those who sued are willing to wait and see.
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Who will pay for all those mandated new ballot drop boxes?
Snohomish and other counties want to be reimbursed by the state, whose lawmakers required them.
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Tiny Diking District 2 gets a clean audit and a scolding
It’s resisting “cumbersome” requirement that it file annual financial reports as required by state law.
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It appears voters have approved the Sno-Isle Libraries levy
The two-county measure is passing, 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent — a widening margin.
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Survey: Where can state school funding do the most good?
Looking ahead to 2019-20, the state schools superintendent wants to know how to spend money.
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Gun rights advocates won the battle but may lose the war
New proposal tackles age requirements, background checks, firearms training, safe storage and more.
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Al Swift, 8-term congressman, always sought ‘the path forward’
He died Friday. His “deft touch” led to the Northwest Power Act and Ebey’s Landing historical reserve.
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Special election Tuesday: Libraries, schools, fire districts
Property levies are on the ballot for the Sno-Isle Library District and Darrington schools.
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Everett school leaders mull next steps on bond, overcrowding
Officials are in this position after voters did not approve a $330.6 million bond measure in February.
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Panel tackles question of IDing who could be next mass shooter
Lawmakers want the group’s analysis to cover a lot of ground.
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Snohomish County PUD general manager and CEO to retire
Craig Collar, 54, who will return to Montana, joined the utility as a senior manager in 2006.
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State will spend millions on task forces and reports
Here are eight undertakings that will incite possible action by lawmakers in the future.
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Patients could get medical marijuana delivered to their door
The state is considering options for a pot-delivery system that can be monitored.
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New state law ends singling out students who can’t afford lunch
The unintended consequences could be costly for school districts.
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As school-funding fight winds down, teachers want ‘big’ raises
How does 15 percent sound? School districts are bracing for potentially difficult negotiations.
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Infusion of federal money boosts the second Swift bus route
Community Transit’s second bus rapid transit line, from Bothell to Paine Field, is to open next year.
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Civic leaders give Rep. Larsen a transportation wish list
They solicited the Everett congressman’s help in steering additional federal aid to the county.