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KOMO News / Feb. 22, 2018 By Jennifer Sullivan CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO SEATTLE – It’s a plan you might never think would be endorsed by state lawmakers: don’t pay your entire property tax bill in full, at least for now. Sen. Mark Mullet (D-Issaquah) and Sen. Dean Takko (D-Longview) say they have a plan to reduce skyrocketing property taxes – which in ...

KEPRtv / Feb. 22, 2018 By Elise Haas CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO OLYMPIA, Wash. – The latest mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people died, has revived Washington lawmakers who are pushing for enhanced background checks and restrictions on firearms. We've watched students around the country and in the Tri-Cities ...

KOMO News / Feb. 22, 2018 By Matt Markovich CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO SEATTLE - It’s been two years in the making, but now Ellie’s Place on the fourth floor of the King County Courthouse is officially open for business. Named after the official courthouse dog that passed away in 2015, Ellie's place will house three programs including one that is ...

Q13 Fox / Jan. 14, 2018 SEATTLE -- Spurred by months of frustration over stories of sexual assault, a huge crowd is expected to march in Seattle this Saturday (January 20) in the second annual Women's March, which they're calling March 2.0. This year, the march will happen exactly a year after President Donald Trump took office. Organizers hope it will encourage widespread activism ...

K5 News/ Jan. 8, 2018 By Natalie Brand The first day of Washington state's 2018 legislative session started with a new majority in the Senate. Senator Manka Dhingra's win in November gave Democrats a one-seat advantage in the upper chamber and full control of state government. “Go get 'em,” Governor Jay Inslee told Dhingra while delivering flowers to her desk on the ...

Peninsula Daily News / Jan. 7, 2018 By Alex Visser With a newfound majority in the Washington Senate, state Democrats have found an early target in firearm regulation as the 2018 legislative session gets set to begin. Senate Bill 6049 would regulate the ownership and manufacturing of large capacity magazines and make them all but illegal in most cases. “Large capacity” refers ...

State leaders vow to preserve net neutrality in Washington state. Seattle Magazine / Dec. 14, 2017 By Dan Shafer Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and other state legislators and business leaders announced Wednesday that Washington would seek to “preserve an open internet” on the state level if the Federal Communications Commission votes to undo the nation’s net neutrality rules. This ...

Crosscut / Dec. 14, 2017 By Allegra Abramo CLICK TO READ FROM SOURCE Five years after a gunman killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, some state lawmakers see a chance to finally pass key gun-control and safety measures that have eluded the other Washington. With Democrats’ new one-seat majority in the state ...

The Redmond Reporter / Dec. 13, 2017 By Aaron Kunkler CLICK TO READ FROM SOURCE Democratic state legislators announced their intention to pursue sweeping gun control reforms in the upcoming 2018 session at a press conference on Tuesday morning in Seattle. Central to this would be SB 5444, which was introduced in the 2017 session, and would require an annual permit to ...

King 5 / Nov. 29, 2017 By Allison Sundell CLICK TO VIEW FROM SOURCE State Senator Manka Dhingra was sworn in to office Wednesday giving Democrats control of the state House and Senate for the first time in five years. Dhingra, who won a special election in the 45th Legislative District, said the victory is huge. "The hope really is that a lot ...