Sen. Joe Nguyen

Building Industry Association of Washington executive director Greg Lane (pictured right) and Let's Go Washington founder Brian Heywood (center right) help turn in boxes of signatures supporting I-2066, the initiative focused on protecting natural gas access, at the Secretary of State's Tumwater office Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

Another voter initiative? Washington’s natural gas rules may go to the ballot this fall

Jeanie Lindsay

If enough qualifying signatures are verified, voters will see a ban on banning gas on this fall’s ballot, along with three other climate and tax measures.

At a Washington State Supreme Court hearing, a coalition of conservation groups argued state trust lands, including timberlands, should benefit all Washington residents.

Environment

WA Dept. of Natural Resources pushes bill to sell carbon credits

Courtney Flatt

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources says one thing is missing from the state’s climate policies. Recent laws don’t allow the state agency to sell carbon credits. Department officials are pushing legislation that would change that law.

Sen. Joe Nguyen is sworn in at the Capitol.

Politics

State Sen. Joe Nguyen joins an increasingly diverse group of lawmakers in Olympia

Kari Plog

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…