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Is the state holding your unclaimed property?
Many of us have annual checklists. Check our credit reports. Go see the eye doctor. Do a home inventory, after spring cleaning of course. Checking to see if the state...
Derelict vessels: The voyage ends (for now)
With his signature last Wednesday, Gov. Inslee capped a two-year drive in the Legislature to tackle the stubborn problem of derelict and abandoned ships and boats, which threaten the safety...
Governor Inslee signs Supplemental Transportation Budget
Accompanied by House Transportation Chair Judy Clibborn (D-41) and local 4th graders from Centennial Elementary, Governor Jay Inslee signed the 2014 Supplemental Transportation Budget into law. The budget, SB 6001,...
Washington is headed down a healthy path!
A new report out from Gallup and Healthways entitled the “State of American Well-Being” ranks the health and well-being of American cities, states and congressional districts over the last six...
Stronger parking rights for people with disabilities
A bill aimed at stopping abuse of special-parking placards and licenses for people with disabilities has been signed into state law. The bipartisan measure cleared both chambers unanimously after it...
Dreamers can now apply for college aid
The dream of a college education is now a step closer to reality for many students in Washington state. Before this year, students who’d grown up and graduated from state...
Does it still pay to get a college degree?
While the new state budget holds the line against any tuition increase, it is worth looking at the cost of a college degree. Does it pencil out? Do you make...
Did you take your studded tires off yet?
A $124 ticket could be headed your way if you didn’t get those snow tires off your vehicles by yesterday. The Washington State Department of Transportation sent out a reminder...
Little bill will have a big impact
Governor Inslee signed HB 2700 sponsored by Rep. Monica Stonier of Vancouver on Friday, creating breast cancer awareness license plates for Washington drivers. Washington ranks in the top 25 percent...
Protecting domestic-violence victims from guns
Although the Hobby Lobby case – the one about employer health-insurance coverage for contraception – has drawn most of the attention at the U.S. Supreme Court recently, the justices issued...