October 6, 2020, 8:25am Latest News
As police reform advocates look to sustain this summer’s public outrage, the state Legislature is taking a second look at overhauling Washington’s peace officer decertification system. Read story
October 4, 2020, 6:04am Clark County News
Voters in the 17th Legislative District have a choice between two drastically different candidates for the state House of Representatives on Nov. 3. Read story
September 7, 2020, 6:00am Latest News
OLYMPIA -- As Gov. Jay Inslee’s staff in March and April swarmed to acquire scarce medical gear and draft Washington’s extensive stay-home restrictions to curb the coronavirus, a familiar name peppered them with emails: Brian Bonlender. Read story
July 1, 2020, 8:41am Latest News
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Tuesday recommended the state Legislature fortify police accountability laws by requiring law enforcement agencies to collect detailed information about use of deadly force and share it publicly. Read story
June 17, 2020, 12:23pm Latest News
OLYMPIA — Washington state is facing a reduction in projected state revenues of about $8.8 billion over the next three years due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, new numbers released Wednesday show. Read story
June 12, 2020, 9:06am Latest News
State Rep. Frank Chopp on Thursday proposed a $2 billion revenue and spending package — including new taxes on capital gains and large corporations — to confront Washington’s staggering economic downturn amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read story
April 22, 2020, 8:33am Latest News
OLYMPIA — Four Republican legislators made a pitch Tuesday for a special session in the near future to help bring the state back from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that lawmakers should call themselves back to the Capitol if Gov. Jay Inslee won't. Read story
April 3, 2020, 4:23pm Clark County News
Sen. Annette Cleveland, the Democrat from Vancouver, is again running to represent Washington’s 49th Legislative District in Olympia. Read story
March 19, 2020, 10:04am Latest News
OLYMPIA – Students can wear tribal regalia at graduation, the state will get an improved background check system for firearms, and bicyclists will be able to treat stop signs more like yield signs under bills signed Wednesday. Read story
March 16, 2020, 8:13pm Northwest
Centralia — A bill that would fund flood damage reduction and habitat restoration in the Chehalis River Basin passed through the House and Senate on Thursday night, after a conclusion involving much negotiation. Read story