<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Menu
The Columbian logo tagline
Login
Friday,  July 26 , 2024
Current weather Vancouver, WA

Linkedin Pinterest

Tagged Articles:
State Legislature

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, seated, honored Eduardo Carrillo with a special proclamation for his work as the designated &ldquo;bill crier.&rdquo; With a booming voice, Carrillo called out each bill Inslee was about to sign so people who came to watch could make sure they were present.

Inslee reflects on ‘lives changed’ with a pen in a conference room

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, seated, honored Eduardo Carrillo with a special proclamation for his work as the designated &ldquo;bill crier.&rdquo; With a booming voice, Carrillo called out each bill Inslee was about to sign so people who came to watch could make sure they were present.

April 1, 2024, 7:53pm Northwest Free

Gov. Jay Inslee entered the conference room next to his Capitol office Thursday morning, took a seat at the end of a long rectangular table, and set about to turn legislation into law. Read story

Washington becomes first state to ban lead-contaminated cookware

March 31, 2024, 4:12pm Northwest

Washington is the first state to ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of cookware contaminated with lead, following Gov. Jay Inslee’s approval of a bill that passed this legislative session. Read story

Washington becomes first state to ban lead-contaminated cookware

March 29, 2024, 5:43pm Health

Washington is the first state to ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of cookware contaminated with lead, following Gov. Jay Inslee’s approval of a bill that passed this legislative session. Read story

The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility about 16 miles east of Ellensburg in central Washington is part of Puget Sound Energy&rsquo;s clean energy portfolio.

Controversial clean energy law takes effect in Washington

The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility about 16 miles east of Ellensburg in central Washington is part of Puget Sound Energy&rsquo;s clean energy portfolio.

March 29, 2024, 4:42pm Editor's Choice Free

Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed a hotly contested bill to quicken Puget Sound Energy’s transition away from natural gas, leaving in place a provision that critics argued would unfairly benefit the utility’s investors at the expense of ratepayers. Read story

Workers cut away an old expansion joint on Interstate 5 in Seattle, during 2022.

Inslee signs final transportation budget, warns of tough sledding

Workers cut away an old expansion joint on Interstate 5 in Seattle, during 2022.

March 29, 2024, 2:34pm Latest News Free

As Gov. Jay Inslee prepared to sign the last transportation spending plan of his 12-year tenure Thursday, he described the bumpy road ahead for lawmakers and his successor. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

Housing and homelessness in Washington, by the numbers

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

March 29, 2024, 6:02am Northwest Free

In recent years, Washington lawmakers have changed zoning laws, poured money into new housing, created homelessness prevention programs, moved people out of encampments and boosted behavioral health support. Read story

Brad Benton, Candidate for state Senate, Contributed photo (Contributed photo)

Republican Brad Benton cites personal freedoms, taxes in run for Washington’s 18th District Senate seat

Brad Benton, Candidate for state Senate, Contributed photo (Contributed photo)

March 28, 2024, 7:15pm Clark County News

Clark County native Brad Benton announced Wednesday he’s running as a Republican for Washington’s 18th District Senate seat currently held by Republican Ann Rivers. Read story

Gov. Inslee signs slate of climate and environment bills into law

March 28, 2024, 6:11pm Latest News

During the last bill-signing tour of his career at the helm of Washington, outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee signed a wide slate of climate and environmental bills into law Thursday afternoon. Read story

FILE - In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPen epinephrine auto-injectors, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif. Mylan N.V. reports financial results on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.

New WA law caps the cost of inhalers and EpiPens

FILE - In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPen epinephrine auto-injectors, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif. Mylan N.V. reports financial results on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.

March 28, 2024, 7:56am Health

A bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday will limit the cost of some lifesaving medicines, according to an announcement from Rep. Dave Zpaul, D-Oak Harbor, the bill’s sponsor. Read story

CCTV, Surveillance security camera with the traffic light and sign against a blue sky

New Washington law will allow traffic cameras on more city streets and county roads

CCTV, Surveillance security camera with the traffic light and sign against a blue sky

March 28, 2024, 6:05am Latest News Free

Drivers in Washington state may soon face better odds of getting caught on camera if they run a red light, speed through a work zone on a city street or fail to stop at a crosswalk. Read story