Category Archives: In The News

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The effort to bring a high-speed rail line to western Washington continues with the state readying itself for more possible grant opportunities. The state was recently awarded $500,000 in grant funding to help cover the cost of ...

Communities near Paine Field in Everett suffer from some of the worst air quality in the state. Sen. Marko Liias grew up nearby in a neighborhood overburdened by pollution. This experience was, in part, the motivation behind the 21st District ...

Public schools must integrate instruction about the contributions and perspectives of LGBTQ+ people into their curricula under legislation the Washington state Senate approved on Wednesday. Senate Bill 5462 passed on a mostly party-line vote following a brief floor debate in ...

It’s not a good sign when drivers in the state are logging fewer miles on roads but suffering more traffic fatalities than in recent years past. Even as drivers traveled about 3 percent fewer miles between 2019 and 2022, traffic ...

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers visited the Interstate 5 Bridge on their final leg of a three-day tour of Southwest Washington bridges.

In a few decades, high-speed rail could be making its way through Everett at 250 mph, linking major metropolitan areas along the upper West Coast, under a “visionary proposal” for funding signed by 10 U.S. legislators in August.

Replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Columbia River has been a top priority of communities in Washington and Oregon for years.

Washington state has charted a bipartisan course to overhaul its ferry procurement plans. Officials will now broaden their scope when seeking builders for the state’s new ships. When the jumbo ferry M/V Walla Walla lost power and went aground at south Bainbridge ...

A bill written to protect young people seeking reproductive health services or gender-affirming care that was widely misrepresented online passed the Democrat-controlled Washington legislature Wednesday. Viral posts falsely claimed the bill would result in children being legally taken from their ...

Senate Bill 5599 attracted more ire and myth-making than almost any other bill in Olympia this session. The bill, introduced by Marko Liias (D-Lynnwood), amends existing state law regarding child runaways and expands protections for those who end up in Washington ...