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Lawmakers go into damage control with backlash over public records bill
Following last week’s rapid-fire vote on a bill to exempt the Legislature from state public records laws, lawmakers are going into damage control with public backlash mounting. The bill, SB 6617, explicitly exempts lawmakers f... — Updated 2/28/2018
Legislators try to ram through a bill to restrict public access to their records
State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pushing a bill devised in secret, in the final days of the session, to exempt themselves from public records requests. The move comes on the heels of a court ruling that the... — Updated 2/22/2018 Full story
Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding
Despite the passage of last year’s bipartisan agreement to fully fund K-12 public education with a property tax hike, the state Legislature is still wrestling over the issue as school leaders across the state say the changes w... — Updated 2/7/2018
Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding
Despite the passage of last year’s bipartisan agreement to fully fund K-12 public education with a property tax hike, the state Legislature is still wrestling over the issue as school leaders across the state say the changes w... — Updated 2/1/2018 Full story
Governor rolls out carbon tax proposal and Republicans balk
Governor Jay Inslee rolled out his most recent proposal to tax carbon emissions across the state of Washington. The proposal he unveiled on Tuesday is sweeping: emissions generated by power plants and transportation fuels — with t... — Updated 1/10/2018
Despite new majority, state Democrats won't scramble for a capital gains tax
OLYMPIA, Wash. — While Democrats in the state Legislature have supported enacting a capital gains tax to fund public education in the past, they aren’t itching to pass one this legislative session now that they control both the... — Updated 1/10/2018
