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There is a lot of activity in the Legislature right now, as state lawmakers work against a Wednesday deadline to move bills out of their chamber of…
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State lawmakers are approaching the halfway point of their 105-day session, and they’re closing in on the deadline to pass non-budget-related bills out of…
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Lawmakers continue to wrestle with the new education-funding system they put in place in 2017, in which the Legislature increased the state property tax…
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Voters have until Tuesday, Feb. 12, to return their ballots in an election that's important to many Washington school districts. But some school districts…
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A bill to shield endangered Puget Sound orca whales from noise and other disruptions caused by vessel traffic got a first hearing in Olympia on Tuesday.…
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A frequent complaint from parents is that their children don’t have enough time to finish their lunch at school. Now, one of the state’s newest lawmakers…
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State lawmakers are considering a measure that would repeal Washington’s death penalty. The Senate Law and Justice Committee will discuss Senate Bill 5339…
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Navigating the public school system can be daunting for families with limited knowledge of English. Some state lawmakers have introduced legislation to…
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Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins says it’s hard to tell what will become a lightning-rod issue during the “fire hose” phase of the legislative…
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OLYMPIA — Joe Nguyen doesn’t look like your typical lawmaker. He’s the first Vietnamese member in the state Senate. And at 35, he’s one of the…