With a veteran Washington state lawmaker out due to illness, House Democrats are reworking leadership of a key budget committee. State Rep. Steve Tharinger, D-Port Townsend, who chairs the Capital Budget Committee, has not attended this […]
Under Washington’s constitution, an officeholder elected to a partisan position who vacates their seat — through removal or resignation, say — must be replaced by someone of the same political party. But what happens when […]
When Rachel Marshall was growing up in Virginia, her parents kept a magnet on the refrigerator from a national homeschooling advocacy group, with a phone number to call if local school officials tried to interfere […]
Washington took a major stride Wednesday toward slashing the state’s legal limit for driving drunk. A divided state Senate voted 26-23 to approve legislation to reduce the maximum allowable blood alcohol concentration for drivers from 0.08% to […]
Five awardees are on track to receive a combined $12.1 million in federal funding to build and operate electric vehicle charging stations at 14 locations along highways in Washington state The state Department of Transportation […]
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