While a 176 day session may be the longest session in history and a record we didn’t want to set, we were here for a reason — unprecedented investments in…
Your End-of-Session Report from Rep. Strom Peterson
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
PRINT AP State Board of Education to set bar for Common Core tests Washington ferry fares going up Oct. 1 U.S. supports Tulalips in lawsuit to fight local, state taxes Aberdeen…
Rep. Hunt earns the first ever “Gabrielle Giffords Award for Civility in State Government”
By Michael Konopasek SEATTLE — Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, are in Seattle encouraging lawmakers to reach across the political aisle and work…
Tuesday, August 4
PRINT Associated Press Wash. governor praises Obama’s plan to cut emissions Prosecutor misconduct blamed in many reversed cases in Pierce County EPA: Withhold permit for oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver…
Monday, August 3
PRINT Associated Press State senators question deal limiting shoreline development Gas tax increases by 7 cents in Washington state (Clibborn) Obama to require steeper emissions cuts from U.S. power…