Category Archives: In The News

30 Jan
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Everett Herald: No right turns on red gets a look, a bid to expand sports betting arrives

OLYMPIA, Jan. 30, 2023 — Welcome to a new week. Traffic safety is on the minds of lawmakers in both parties and Gov. Jay Inslee. They want to reduce the number of people killed on the streets and highways. There ...

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27 Jan
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The Seattle Times: Washington traffic safety is ‘a crisis that we can’t ignore,’ lawmakers say

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, alongside Gov. Jay Inslee, pledged Thursday to throw their weight behind solving Washington’s traffic safety crisis, a show of bipartisan solidarity that the legislators said reflected the urgency of the need. The event ...

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07 Jan
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Everett Herald: Lawmakers prepare for first in-person session since 2020

OLYMPIA — Washington’s 147 citizen legislators return to the state Capitol on Monday for the 2023 session. Their return is kind of a big deal. Most everything got transacted virtually the past two years. Only in the final days of ...

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28 Apr
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Crosscut: Transit users 18 and younger ride free under new WA program

Washingtonians 18 and under soon won’t have to pay to use public transit across most — if not all — of Washington state. In March, the Legislature approved $3 billion in additional money for transit that  will roll out over ...

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18 Apr
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Lynnwood Times: New multimodal $79.4 million Swift Orange Bus Rapid Transit line breaks ground in Lynnwood

Sticking with its mission to “help people get from where they are to where they want to be,” Community Transit, joined by federal and community partners, held its groundbreaking ceremony for the new Swift Orange Line at the Lynnwood Transit and Community ...

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14 Apr
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The Stand: It just got much easier to access Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Last fall, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a series of improvements to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which is designed to give student debt relief to borrowers who work full time in public service. The program, ...

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02 Apr
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My Edmonds News: Edmonds’ Highway 99 revitalization project receives $22.5 million from state

The City of Edmonds’ Highway 99 revitalization project will receive $22.5 million through the Move Ahead Washington transportation bill that was recently passed by the Washington State Legislature. The bill was signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 25. “This ...

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07 Mar
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Bainbridge Review: Inslee set to ban high-capacity gun magazines

Since September 2016 state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has been working toward implementing gun reform that would prevent acts like the Mukilteo mass shooting on July 30, 2016. Now, a ban on high-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds ...

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07 Mar
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KIRO 7: Sales of high-capacity magazines brisk as bill banning them heads to Governor’s desk

Business is brisk at this local gun shop, three days after a historic vote banning the sale of high-capacity magazines in our state. The legislation cleared the Washington State Senate last Friday and is now headed to Governor Jay Inslee’s ...

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05 Mar
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Olympian: WA House votes to ban ‘high-capacity’ magazines, bill now heads to the governor

After more than three hours of debate, Washington House Representatives passed a ban on “high-capacity” magazines in the state late Friday night. House members voted to pass the measure 55-42. Friday was the cutoff deadline for policy bills to be ...

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