Jay Inslee on Monday took an aggressive new step to curb social interactions as coronavirus deaths rise.
At a news conference, the governor warned businesses and individuals to get with the program.
The governor announced the order, with some exceptions, as well as millions in grants for businesses.
A 2017 law lets lawmakers offer negotiation topics. But a bipartisan panel didn’t do so this week.
WA Legislature 2020
There’s a wide range of subjects they hope to address when the 2020 session begins next month.
Lawmakers will wrangle over cuts in transportation spending as lawyers tangle on the measure’s legality.
Pass or fail, Initiative 976 is a reminder of what critics most dislike about the regional agency.
They want Jay Inslee to halt his planned $175 million reallocation of state transportation dollars.
As backers of I-1000 gear up, a legal spat involving others is casting a shadow on their efforts.
The GOP wants a Democratic senator held to account for accusations which an investigation found to be false.
Results of a private investigation could put the fate of GOP lawmaker in front of the House in 2020.
Teachers ratified a new contract Monday and the Board of Education will consider it next month.
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Washington also is considering becoming more significant by moving its primary to early March.
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The competitive nature of the initiative and referendum season now peaking in Washington.
Snohomish County gets $166,000, but if turnout is high this year, it might cost more.
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What we do know is that he’s off to Iowa in June to deliver the keynote address at a party fundraiser.
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The conservative activist’s self-financing claim points to a lack of deep-pocketed donors.
Olympia
Kim Wyman is asking Gov. Jay Inslee for the authority to reimburse counties for postal costs.
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It was not always a civil process, but two diametrically opposed groups managed to find common ground.
It will be illegal in Washington to sell or own devices that make semiautomatic guns fire more rapidly.
