WA lawmakers condemn political violence as attack on democratic process
A bipartisan panel of Washington state lawmakers devoted to increasing civility in politics is formally denouncing the murder of a Minnesota state lawmaker and attempted assassination of Donald Trump as violent attempts to “undermine our democratic process.”The Washington state panel is made up of a dozen members, three from each of the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the House and Senate. It is chaired by Democratic Lt. Gov. Denny Heck, who has championed bringing greater civility to politics. Continue reading at Washington State Standard. (Steven Garcia)
New forecast shows uptick in Washington transportation revenue as gas tax set to increase
Washington will have $6.8 billion more to spend on roads and other transportation projects over the next four years, thanks to a gas tax increase and other fees. The new projection, released Wednesday by the Washington State Transportation Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, takes into account $6.5 billion in additional funding resulting from new legislation, account transfers and revenues from the Climate Commitment Act, which are now allocated to transportation purposes. Continue reading at Spokesman Review. (Dan Pelle)
Supreme Court says states can block Medicaid money for health care at Planned Parenthood
States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings without facing lawsuits from patients, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The 6-3 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court’s conservatives was not directly about abortion, but it comes as Republicans back a wider push across the country to defund the organization. It closes off Planned Parenthood’s primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place: patient lawsuits. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Darron Cummings)
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