The revised revenue forecast incorporates actions taken by the 2012 Legislature. I think it’s fundamental to distinguish two sets of changes that underlie this updated forecast: * One set of…
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Calamity at the pharmacy: Quelling swelling rate of opioid addiction
By state Rep. Jim Moeller Maybe we’re climbing out of a nightmare. Just maybe we’re leaving the hellacious plague that is the falling into the wrong hands and showing up…
Rep. Jim Moeller: Statements on the King County Superior Court ruling (against Initiative 1053) that tax increases, including the closing of tax loopholes, require only a simple-majority vote
First and foremost, this ruling emphasizes — as if, frankly, we needed any further emphasis — that as Washington citizens and policy leaders, the paramount duty of the Legislature, as…
Rep. Gutiérrez Kenney’s May 8 e-memo
Dear Neighbors, This is the last e-memo that I will be sending you. Because this is an election year, my communications through an e-memo will not be possible. I hope…
New capital budget has money to help repair Scriber Creek Bridge: Project will assist in fixing big component of Brier’s infrastructure
OLYMPIA – The state’s new, recently approved construction budget features an item that “will go quite a long way toward helping rebuild a significant piece of the Brier infrastructure,” according…