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OLYMPIA—The new $7.5 billion capital budget passed by the House and Senate invests in housing, public schools, tribes, parks, early learning, and other vital infrastructure. “This capital budget will…
WA lawmakers approve $1.1B for salmon habitat restoration Another billion dollars of highway construction to restore salmon habitat will likely be coming to Western Washington over the next six years….
OLYMPIA—The new transportation budget includes $15.6 billion in projects and improvements to the state’s network of highways, ferries, trains, buses and other alternatives. “In a difficult budget year, we stuck…
OLYMPIA – Health equity got a major boost this session when SHB 1669, requiring insurers to cover medically needed prosthetic limbs and braces, was signed into law. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Monica Stonier…
Man without a country: ICE arrests Spokane resident brought to America as toddler A rainy morning in a North Spokane neighborhood erupted Tuesday with the kind of legal reckoning that’s…