OLYMPIA – Legislation to help employees receive wages they’ve earned, but not been paid for, cleared the Legislature this week. Rep. John McCoy, D-Tulalip, wrote the bill which follows up…
McCoy bill to combat wage theft clears the Legislature
Hunt continues his mission to put an end to the mercury menace
Recycling program: Lawmaker earns House nod for amended Senate bill OLYMPIA – Dangerous mercury waste keeps popping up in everyone’s world and state Rep. Sam Hunt is continuing his mission…
Microsoft goes strong on 520
Microsoft has started a huge new campaign to get the legislature to (finally) approve moving forward on the 520 bridge. The Seattle PI covered it here https://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/195479.asp Microsoft even has…
Mr. Yuk
Mr. Yuk came by to lobby for the poison control center in the budget. It’s easy to get attention when you wear crazy costumes, though it looks like it’s difficult…
Using the Gavel
I’ve had a couple of questions about the hearing we held this weekend on the Senate bill to temporarily suspend Initiative 960. I’ll write about the bill elsewhere but I…