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    A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry...
    By Taylor McAvoy • February 1, 2018 3:00 pm

    Opponents say that such a move would undermine the safety and rights of gun owners.

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    Washington health insurance market in flux
    By Josh Kelety • February 1, 2018 3:00 pm

    Premiums have skyrocketed, prompting a response from lawmakers.

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    A sign from an earlier era at the Seattle Fire Department headquarters. Photo by Alex Garland
    Washington lawmakers seek to increase nuclear attack preparations
    By Alex Visser • February 1, 2018 7:00 am

    Bipartisan bills in the House and Senate could remove Cold War-era emergency planning restrictions.

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    By Nicole Jennings
    Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding
    By Josh Kelety • February 1, 2018 7:00 am

    Roughly $1 billion more is needed, and school districts want their local levies.

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    Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s work area and office west of the Coast Guard station on Ediz Hook serves the company’s salmon farm. Photo by Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News
    Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed...
    By Alex Visser • January 31, 2018 7:00 am

    The operation also faces possible closure if legislators pass a bill that would ban the use of Atlantic salmon in state aquaculture.

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    University of Washington students walk to their meeting in the state reception room in the capital building in Olympia. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Students lobby for state funded tuition grants
    By Taylor McAvoy • January 31, 2018 7:00 am

    University of Washington students from the Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses met with lawmakers on Monday to lobby for support…

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    Affirmative action could make a comeback in Washington...
    By Taylor McAvoy • January 30, 2018 7:00 am

    Two decades after a voter-approved initiative made the practice illegal, legislators are calling for a reversal.

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    Senate Labor and Commerce Committee members Senators Karen Keiser, D-Kent; Bob Hasegawa, D-Beacon Hill; and Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before...
    By Taylor McAvoy • January 26, 2018 3:00 pm

    In the midst of the #MeToo movement, legislators seek a culture shift.

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    Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes the state House
    Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes...
    By Josh Kelety • January 26, 2018 3:00 pm

    Transit advocates fear it will cut funding for key projects.

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    Vetoed tax cut for manufacturers again pushed in...
    By Josh Kelety • January 26, 2018 7:00 am

    Bill would lower business and occupation tax by 40 percent over four years.

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    Senate votes to extend college financial aid to state Dreamers
    Senate votes to extend college financial aid to...
    By Alex Visser • January 25, 2018 3:00 pm

    The bipartisan effort is intended to send a message to the other Washington while creating opportunities for young immigrants.

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    Puget Sound orcas surface near Tacoma. Photo by Mike Charest/Flickr
    Orca Protection Act aims to protect Pacific Northwest’s...
    By Alex Visser • January 25, 2018 7:00 am

    Senator Kevin Ranker says the orca population in Puget Sound is down to 83, the lowest it had ever been.

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    State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and harassment
    State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and...
    By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer • January 25, 2018 7:00 am

    Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.

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    Lawmakers want to rein in Washington’s many tax...
    By Josh Kelety • January 24, 2018 3:00 pm

    The vast majority of the state’s tax exemptions benefit businesses.

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    Senator Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, speaks for her proposal to add domestic harassment to the crimes that could cost a person their gun rights. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Senator proposes revoking firearm rights in cases of...
    By Taylor McAvoy • January 24, 2018 3:00 pm

    The bill would expand an existing law that takes guns from perpetrators of domestic violence.

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    Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee members, from left: Senators Karen Keiser, Patty Kuderer, Annette Cleveland, and Ann Rivers. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Lawmakers consider a bill to raise the legal...
    By Taylor McAvoy • January 24, 2018 7:00 am

    The bill has support from Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

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    American Indian activists rally in Olympia
    American Indian activists rally in Olympia
    By Alex Visser • January 24, 2018 7:00 am

    More than 100 were on hand to lobby state government on issues including the welfare of indigenous women and children, and a planned liquified natural gas facility in Tacoma.

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    Hundreds gather in Olympia for 40th annual March For Life
    Hundreds gather in Olympia for 40th annual March...
    By Taylor McAvoy • January 23, 2018 7:00 am

    The march, which is timed to the anniversary of Roe v Wade, took place as legislators considered bills that would broaden access to abortion services.

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    Bill to ban the death penalty heard in...
    By Josh Kelety • January 22, 2018 5:00 pm

    The hearing attracted passionate testimony from both sides of the issue.

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    Photo by Nicole Jennings
    State legislators combat federal ruling on net neutrality
    By Alex Visser • January 22, 2018 3:30 pm

    One Senate bill would prohibit internet service providers from exercising “deceptive” tactics and impairing or blocking legal web content.

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