OLYMPIA – This afternoon, in a virtual bill signing ceremony, Governor Jay Inslee enacted House Bill 1153 into law. The measure, authored by Rep. Tina Orwall, will help close equity…
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: Inslee signs Orwall’s Language Access bill
Bills to prevent gun violence, protect access to democracy signed into law
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law a pair of bills to ban untraceable, homemade “ghost guns” and restrict guns at city and county council meetings, school…
Wednesday, March 23
Manuel Ellis’ family to receive $4M from Pierce County in wrongful death settlement Pierce County agreed Tuesday to pay $4 million to settle part of a wrongful death lawsuit brought…
Tuesday, March 22
Local law-enforcement agencies to receive funding to expand storage of sexual-assault kits More than a dozen Seattle-area police departments will receive funding for cold-storage units to preserve evidence of sexual…
Monday, March 21
As omicron’s BA.2 subvariant pushes up cases globally, here’s what it looks like in WA While omicron’s subvariant known as BA.2 races through Western Europe and prompts new spikes in…