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Lawmakers are pushing bills to expand civics education
OLYMPIA — Maybe it’s the constitutional scrap incited by the McCleary school funding decision.
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State’s new transportation secretary could be named this week
OLYMPIA — The state Senate is gearing up to confirm a new transportation secretary one year after its…
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State lawmakers want to revamp our presidential primary
OLYMPIA — It’s been less than a month since a new president took office and already Washington lawmakers…
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Legislator proposes tougher carbon emissions bill
OLYMPIA — A bill setting tougher goals for carbon emission reductions in Washington cleared a House panel this…
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3 plans in play for state to fully fund education
OLYMPIA — The bounds of Washington’s education funding battle are coming into sharper focus after months of rhetorical…
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Legislature considers property tax increase to fund schools
OLYMPIA — A bipartisan alliance of lawmakers wants to rewrite one of the state’s vaunted political commandments in…
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Everett dismissed from school district funding lawsuit
OLYMPIA — State schools chief Chris Reykdal has succeeded in getting his office dropped from a lawsuit challenging…
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Washington state taking on Trump over immigration ban
SEATTLE — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson launched a legal fight Monday to stop President Donald Trump from…
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Republican state senators propose school funding plan
OLYMPIA — Republican senators on Friday proposed a radical change in the way Washington’s public schools are funded…
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State Dems eyeing power shift after Trump hires GOP senators
OLYMPIA — In his first week, President Donald Trump is effecting quite a bit of change in the…
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State House votes to halt planned cut in school levy rates
OLYMPIA — The state House acted Monday to prevent school districts from seeing a critical stream of their…
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‘Faithless’ Washington state electors appeal $1,000 fine
OLYMPIA — Three Democratic electors will appeal the $1,000 fines they received when they broke a state law…
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Vows to end I-405 tolls: Was it all just campaign talk?
OLYMPIA — Eliminating the express toll lanes on I-405 was a popular pledge of candidates on the campaign…
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Here and in DC, Snohomish County residents listen and react
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Unions again working to tie Boeing tax breaks to job retention
OLYMPIA — The two largest aerospace worker unions will try again to tie the future of the state’s…
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Unlike some reps, Larsen and DelBene will attend inauguration
OLYMPIA — There may be a little extra elbow room for Democratic lawmakers at Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday.
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Thousands of teachers rally, asking Legislature to ‘step up’
OLYMPIA — The question Matthew Hayes posed Monday to three south Snohomish County lawmakers cut to the heart…
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Prisons chief testifies why they aren’t called ‘offenders’
OLYMPIA — The outgoing leader of the state Department of Corrections went before lawmakers Thursday to explain his…
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New schools chief wants his office dismissed from lawsuit
OLYMPIA — Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal on Wednesday moved swiftly to remove his office from a…
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Laws offer proposed reforms to open records act
OLYMPIA — A legislative committee learned Tuesday the latest attempt to reform the state’s Public Records Act might…