State Rep. Noel Frame, D-Seattle, announced Thursday that she will run for the state Senate seat being vacated by state Sen. Reuven Carlyle, who isn’t running for re-election this year. And state...
Stephanie Coffey, the executive director of the San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild, is similarly worried that the San Juan Island Farmers Market will have to relocate if SB 5505 doesn’t pass. Right...
In a 40-minute interview with Crosscut on Tuesday, Hobbs said his office wants to expand the election cybersecurity office created by his Republican predecessor, Kim Wyman, who left in November to take...
Even so, the 60-day session is likely to be jampacked. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has proposed new measures aimed at combating climate change. Top legislators want to revisit some of the police...
Overall, the poll results suggest voters are less enthralled with Democratic leadership at the state level than they were two years ago. In January 2020, 52% of poll respondents said they were inclined...
As the state Legislature prepares to convene Monday with new pandemic protocols, Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has filed legislation that would make it unlawful to ban state lawmakers from parts of the Capitol based...
Inslee's order is designed to halt the program temporarily, until the Legislature can formally vote to delay it.Such action appears imminent. Top legislative leaders said they plan to act swiftly to delay...
The decision came after hundreds of thousands of people applied to opt out of the new system. Insurance programs require a certain level of participation to break even.In a written statement on Friday,...
