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Before the Washington Legislature wrapped up on Sunday, lawmakers had waded through more than 2,100 bills, measures and resolutions during the 105-day session. Over 200 of those were introduced by Clark County’s legislative representatives.

The creation of a new children’s museum in Clark County took a step forward this week after state Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, secured $515,000 in funding for Columbia Play Project. The funding comes from the state’s local and community funds ...

The Washington state senate passes a bill that would improve workers' comp benefits for nurses. Senate Bill 5454 sponsored by Senator Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver).

The Washington Senate passed a bill Tuesday preventing Washingtonians from paying out-of-pocket costs for abortions, one of a slate of proposals to ease abortion access in the state after the fall of Roe v. Wade.

A recently enacted law is said to open doors for unhoused residents by providing free-of-charge identification cards.

A recently enacted law is said to open doors for unhoused residents by providing free-of-charge identification cards. The state law was passed as SB 5815 in March 2022 and went into effect on Jan. 1. It allows identification cards to be ...

Washington lawmakers are poised to set aside $1 billion to replace the Interstate 5 bridge at the Oregon border, making good on a pledge to make the first overtures after killing the last replacement proposal almost ...

After an evening of last-minute negotiations, the final contributions for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program in the Washington Legislature’s transportation package is $1 billion. The conference committee report including the entire transportation package, which was released at noon on Wednesday, was ...