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The state seal in the Washington State Capitol building in Olympia.

Bill to require Washington courts to try minors based on their age at the time of the crime awaits Inslee’s signature

The state seal in the Washington State Capitol building in Olympia.

March 1, 2024, 10:43am Latest News

Two children of the exact same age who are charged with the exact same crime in Washington often face drastically different punishments. Read story

FILE - The afternoon sun illuminates the Legislative Building, left, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash, Oct. 9, 2018. In a Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, vote, the Washington state Senate unanimously approved legislation that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of suffocation. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Help for WA asylum-seekers is focus of bill passed by Legislature

FILE - The afternoon sun illuminates the Legislative Building, left, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash, Oct. 9, 2018. In a Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, vote, the Washington state Senate unanimously approved legislation that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of suffocation. (AP Photo/Ted S.

March 1, 2024, 7:48am Latest News

A bill designed to free up state help for a growing number of asylum-seekers coming to Washington is headed to the governor’s desk to become law. Read story

\Democrats, from left, House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-Seattle; Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma; Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane; and Senate Deputy Majority Leader Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, provide a response after the State of the State address from Gov. Jay Inslee on the second day of the legislative session at the Washington Capitol on Jan. 9 in Olympia.

Hearings on initiatives off to a quiet start in Olympia with measure to bar income tax

\Democrats, from left, House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-Seattle; Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma; Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane; and Senate Deputy Majority Leader Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, provide a response after the State of the State address from Gov. Jay Inslee on the second day of the legislative session at the Washington Capitol on Jan. 9 in Olympia.

February 28, 2024, 8:01am Latest News

Washington doesn’t have a state income tax, and a resident-backed initiative that lawmakers heard Tuesday would keep it that way. Read story

FILE - The Space Needle is seen in view of still-standing but now defunct stacks at a steel plant in Seattle on Feb. 25, 2016. A conservative-backed effort to repeal Washington state&#039;s landmark carbon pricing program and tax on the sale of stocks and bonds is putting the budget into limbo, with billions of dollars at stake and just days left in this year&#039;s Legislative session.

Effort to repeal Washington’s landmark carbon program puts budget in limbo with billions at stake

FILE - The Space Needle is seen in view of still-standing but now defunct stacks at a steel plant in Seattle on Feb. 25, 2016. A conservative-backed effort to repeal Washington state&#039;s landmark carbon pricing program and tax on the sale of stocks and bonds is putting the budget into limbo, with billions of dollars at stake and just days left in this year&#039;s Legislative session.

February 27, 2024, 2:02pm Latest News

A conservative-backed effort to repeal Washington state’s landmark carbon pricing program and tax on the sale of stocks and bonds is putting the budget into limbo, with billions of dollars at stake and just days left in this year’s Legislative session. Read story

Jayne McCarley, left, a resident of Meadow Verde Mobile Home Park, looks over paperwork including her rent increase notice with fellow resident Michelle Bart at her Hazel Dell home Monday morning hours before they knew a rent stabilization bill would die.

Residents in Hazel Dell mobile home park dealt losing hand after rent control bill dies in Washington Legislature

Jayne McCarley, left, a resident of Meadow Verde Mobile Home Park, looks over paperwork including her rent increase notice with fellow resident Michelle Bart at her Hazel Dell home Monday morning hours before they knew a rent stabilization bill would die.

February 27, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

Several residents of a Hazel Dell senior mobile home park gambled that rent stabilization legislation would pass — and lost. Read story

Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee during a meeting on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, where the panel indicated it would not move ahead with legislation to cap residential rent increases at 7%. The move effectively killed the bill for the 2024 legislative session.

Plan for 7% statewide cap on rent increases fails in Washington Legislature

Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee during a meeting on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, where the panel indicated it would not move ahead with legislation to cap residential rent increases at 7%. The move effectively killed the bill for the 2024 legislative session.

February 26, 2024, 3:10pm Latest News Free

A push by some Democrats in the Legislature to cap annual rent increases across Washington hit a dead end on Monday. Read story

The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building at the state Capitol in Olympia in March 2022.

Holocaust education requirement fails in Washington Legislature

The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building at the state Capitol in Olympia in March 2022.

February 25, 2024, 12:47pm Latest News

A bill in the Legislature to require schools to teach students about the Holocaust and genocide won’t become law, failing to move forward amid debate over the war in Gaza. Read story

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Washington bill to eliminate child marriages may soon become law

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February 23, 2024, 6:12pm Latest News

Washington will soon join 10 states across the country that have laws preventing children under 18 from getting married. House Bill 1455 has now passed both the House and Senate, making it one step closer to becoming state law. Read story

The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building at the state Capitol in Olympia in March 2022.

Washington Senate passes legislation pushing back on book bans

The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building at the state Capitol in Olympia in March 2022.

February 23, 2024, 3:19pm Northwest Free

Washington Senate Democrats on Thursday passed a bill meant to slow efforts to ban books in school classrooms and libraries. Read story

Once curbed in Seattle, tiny apartments poised for big boost from Legislature

February 23, 2024, 10:47am Business

With around 200 square feet of their own private space, tenants at The Kärsti apartments in Ballard make a trade-off from the typical studio apartment, swapping larger sleeping areas and private kitchens for communal living and cheaper rent. Read story