Dana Widrig was brutally beaten and raped in her apartment complex three years ago. Her attacker was a maintenance employee who worked at Widrig’s apartment complex. He gained access to…
Safe keys bill heard in House Judiciary Committee
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Legislation cracking down on “Gay Conversion Therapy” introduced in the House
A new bill authored by Rep. Marko Liias (D-Edmonds) would convene a workgroup through the Department of Health to examine and potentially regulate the controversial practice of Sexual Orientation Change…
Hansen bill on derelict ships gets green light
A plan for keeping the state’s economically critical waterways free of rusting, sinking hulks won approval today from a state House committee. “This bill gets abandoned boats out of our…
Big variety of stakeholders supports transportation-funding package
Signed by more than 70 stakeholders (representing a broad coalition of leaders from business, labor, environmental groups, and local governments who support moving forward with a statewide transportation-funding package in 2013), a…
Rep. Freeman Leading Efforts to Protect Independent Truck Drivers
Rep. Roger Freeman, D-Federal Way, is sponsoring legislation that would offer greater protection for port contractors who are being taken advantage of under the current system. “Right now there are…