Category Archives: In The News

This month, Washington and Oregon both passed legislation to make Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the freeing of enslaved people in Texas in 1865 — official state holidays. According to the Associated Press, Washington officials passed a measure to ...

OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats passed cap-and-trade and low-carbon fuels bills Thursday evening, moving to reduce global greenhouse emissions by 0.1% by 2030. Republicans said the twin bills will drive up gasoline prices and electric rates, but will have no affect ...

OLYMPIA – Juneteenth is one step closer to becoming a paid state holiday in Washington, after a bill passage in the state Senate on Friday. Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that ...

Washington State Senator T’wina Nobles has notched another victory for the working class, as the State Senate has funded a workgroup to study alternative payment options for car tab fees in their 2021-23 transportation budget. The proposal to offer a ...

Community members that are experiencing difficulty affording their car tab fees in a lump sum may find relief from a workgroup to study alternative payment options in the Senate Transportation budget that passed off the senate floor this week. The ...

For five years, drivers have been pleading for relief after being hit with out-of-control car tabs largely related to ST3, the $54 billion light rail expansion approved by voters in the Sound Transit taxing district. This legislative session, freshman Democratic ...

The Washington state legislature has passed a pair of resolutions honoring outgoing Central Washington University President James L. Gaudino for his more than 12 years of service, according to a news release from CWU. The Washington State Senate passed Senate ...

OLYMPIA — The College Bound Scholarship for Washington students is being reworked to reach more students across the state. Currently, students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches during the 7th or 8th grade sign a form with their guardian ...

Of the 4,002 people who signed in to testify on the capital gains tax bill at yesterday’s House Finance Committee hearing, about 2,380 (60%) were in favor of the measure. But opponents touted a petition against the bill circulated by ...

Law enforcement agencies in Washington may be required to submit use-of-force data if a Senate bill in this year’s legislative session is signed into law. Senate Bill 5259 passed in a 46-2 vote during a virtual floor debate Monday. The ...