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KNKX reporter Scott Greenstone is following freshman lawmaker Rep. Sharlett Mena through her first session. In the second part of our "Freshman Magic" series, we’re going across the street from the Capitol – where the new lawmakers have their offices.
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Washington's legislature has a large freshman class and the most diverse ever recorded. But they’re working in an institution designed in the 1800s – by and for white male farmers. This is part one of KNKX's "Freshman Magic" series.
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State lawmakers are considering a break from past policy in order to obtain new vessels faster and cheaper for the troubled Washington state ferry system.
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Over the next two years, Washington State is likely to bring in less revenue than previously expected. But lawmakers say it's cause for caution, not necessarily concern.
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The dust has settled after lawmakers in Olympia scrambled to meet this session’s legislative house of origin deadline last week.
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A bill in the Washington Senate could help ease local tensions over development of new wind and solar projects.
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WA lawmakers pass housing, firearm bills ahead of cutoff, leave rent control, recycling bills behindWednesday marked the final day for legislators to pass bills from the chamber they originated in, meaning most bills that didn't receive a vote on the floor will no longer be considered this session.
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The Washington State Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would create a loan repayment program for forensic pathologists, the only doctors who can perform an autopsy. It also greenlights a study for longer-term solutions to the critical shortage.
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President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö made history Monday as the first foreign head of state to address the Washington Legislature.
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A controversial effort to find a solution to Washington's growing air travel demands would get a do-over under a bill making its way through the Statehouse, but some critics remain dissatisfied.