WA lawmakers consider bills to boost state’s recycling rate: ‘There’s opportunity to do more’ Truckloads of materials — aluminum cans, cardboard, old newspaper — are carted into Pioneer Recycling Services’…
WA Budget Cuts: New Website Highlights Disastrous Budget Cuts
OLYMPIA – House Democrats have launched a new website today, WA Budget Cuts, highlighting the all cuts, no revenue budget former Governor Jay Inslee was required to prepare, called the…
Monday, February 24
RIP: Bills that didn’t survive the WA Legislature’s first major deadline Bills dealing with cow burps, the state flag, and changes to police traffic stop standards are among the first…
‘Free The Vote Act’ to protect incarcerated individuals’ right to vote clears committee
OLYMPIA – Currently, people in Washington state prisons have their right to vote taken away as part of their punishment. While people’s voting rights are automatically restored upon release, a…
The Speaker’s Scoop: A really hard, hard week: Policy Cutoff is here
In this week’s installment of The Speaker’s Scoop, Speaker Jinkins talks about two hard deadlines legislators are facing — policy cutoff and fiscal cutoff — and the impact they have…