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Washington health insurance market in flux
Premiums have skyrocketed, prompting a response from lawmakers.
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Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding
Roughly $1 billion more is needed, and school districts want their local levies.
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Washington lawmakers seek to increase nuclear attack preparations
Bipartisan bills in the House and Senate could remove Cold War-era emergency planning restrictions.
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Students lobby for state funded tuition grants
University of Washington students from the Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses met with lawmakers on Monday to lobby…
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Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed salmon escape
The operation also faces possible closure if legislators pass a bill that would ban the use of Atlantic…
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Affirmative action could make a comeback in Washington State
Two decades after a voter-approved initiative made the practice illegal, legislators are calling for a reversal.
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Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes the state House
Transit advocates fear it will cut funding for key projects.
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Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before lawmakers
In the midst of the #MeToo movement, legislators seek a culture shift.
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Vetoed tax cut for manufacturers again pushed in bipartisan effort
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
The bipartisan effort is intended to send a message to the other Washington while creating opportunities for young…
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State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and harassment
Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.
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Orca Protection Act aims to protect Pacific Northwest’s iconic whales
Senator Kevin Ranker says the orca population in Puget Sound is down to 83, the lowest it had…
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Senator proposes revoking firearm rights in cases of harassment
The bill would expand an existing law that takes guns from perpetrators of domestic violence.
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Lawmakers want to rein in Washington’s many tax breaks
The vast majority of the state’s tax exemptions benefit businesses.
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American Indian activists rally in Olympia
More than 100 were on hand to lobby state government on issues including the welfare of indigenous women…
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Lawmakers consider a bill to raise the legal tobacco age
The bill has support from Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
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Hundreds gather in Olympia for 40th annual March For Life
The march, which is timed to the anniversary of Roe v Wade, took place as legislators considered bills…
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Bill to ban the death penalty heard in committee
The hearing attracted passionate testimony from both sides of the issue.
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State legislators combat federal ruling on net neutrality
One Senate bill would prohibit internet service providers from exercising “deceptive” tactics and impairing or blocking legal web…
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Lawmakers again consider requiring health plans to cover abortions
Democratic lawmakers are hopeful that this is the year for the Reproductive Parity Act.