Legislative staff hold sickout after collective bargaining bill dies in WA Legislature Washington’s Democratic state lawmakers often talk up worker solidarity and union organizing. But after they failed to advance…
House advances bill to help more students afford college with 1 percent student loan rates
OLYMPIA – The state House of Representatives passed a measure yesterday to establish a state student loan program that would issue loans with an interest rate of just 1 percent…
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: House approves Orwall bill increasing veteran and military member suicide prevention efforts
OLYMPIA – This afternoon, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to advance a measure to establish programs aimed at preventing suicide among Washington’s veterans and military members. Military service members,…
House approves Bronoske bill to protect workers from ergonomic injuries
OLYMPIA—This morning, a bill to restore the state’s ability to address work-related musculoskeletal injuries and protect workers passed the House of Representatives on a 50-48 vote. “Keeping working people healthy…
Tuesday, Feb. 15
Ban of guns at government meetings, ballot counting advances Washington moved a step closer Monday to barring firearms where school boards and city councils meet, and where ballots are counted….