Washington – Page 109

Despite signing of anti-parents’ rights bill, ‘this isn’t over,’ says Dozier

May 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

WAITSBURG… Sen. Perry Dozier is dismayed by today’s signing of legislation that immediately undermines Washington’s highly popular parental-rights law, created in 2024 after the Waitsburg Republican had tried for years to put a similar law into place. […]

Fears over Columbia Basin dams, hydroelectricity grow as agencies lose hundreds of employees

May 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Alex Baumhardt, Washington State StandardMay 20, 2025 Grand Coulee Dam is among the most powerful energy-generating dams on earth. It’s the bedrock of the federal Columbia River Power System — a network of 31 […]

Washingtonians will need state permit to buy guns under new law

May 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardMay 20, 2025 Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed into law a controversial policy requiring gun buyers to first pay for a new state permit. Starting in two years, […]

WA governor signs parental ‘bill of rights’ rewrite

May 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardMay 20, 2025 The parental “bill of rights” overhaul, one of the most divisive bills approved during this year’s Washington state legislative session, was signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson […]

Senate Republican leaders surprised, disappointed by governor’s backing of largest tax increase in state history

May 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off

OLYMPIA… Senate Republican leaders say the governor chose the wrong side today in signing a new state operating budget that relies on the largest package of tax increases in Washington history. Despite earlier denouncing new taxes that would hit […]