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SPOKANE, Wash. -- Free school lunches could soon be available to all students in Washington. Lawmakers have been pushing to make universal free lunches a reality for students at public schools in Washington for several years. While progress has been made, more than 300,000 students in the state still do not get free meals throughout the day.

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A recurring effort since the COVID-19 pandemic, free hot lunches could soon become a reality for every public school student in Washington. Governor-elect Bob Ferguson intends to trim $4.4 billion from the state budget, but listed universal free lunches for Washington schoolchildren in his budget priorities announced Thursday. He spent part of his day Friday visiting Whitman Elementary in Spokane emphasizing ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Washington lawmakers are gearing up to head to Olympia on January 13 to take on a more than 100 day period of lawmaking and budget writing. The state's 98 representatives and 49 senators will soon kick off the 2025 legislative session. While topics like healthcare and public safety might be top of mind for Washingtonians, the first major ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A new bill in Washington could allow union workers to receive unemployment benefits while on strike if the strike is legal. Representative Marcus Riccelli is the primary sponsor of the proposed legislation aimed at supporting the working class in their fight for better wages.