Category: Blog

GOP legislative staff OK contract as Democratic employees say no In the first-ever collective bargaining for legislative employees in Washington, Republican staff in the state House and Senate got contracts… READ MORE

Washington state’s minimum wage set to increase Jan. 1. Here’s how much it will change Washington state’s minimum wage will rise to $16.66 an hour next year, a 2.35 percent… READ MORE

‘A tool to control the thoughts and actions of people’: New Washington law seeks to stop book bans Book bans in public schools and libraries all over the United States… READ MORE

Who will build WA’s electric ferries? Only one West Coast shipyard shows interest Three shipyards from different corners of the country say they have the ability to build the next… READ MORE

Tradition and science go hand-in-hand as state, federal agencies look at thinning forests to prevent out-of-control wildfires”Our Western forests have evolved with fire on the landscape. We need to understand… READ MORE