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The City Attorney's Office contends the memo is irrelevant to ongoing litigation over Seattle's "wealth tax" because it reflects legal advice about a different proposal...
Sponsored by Sen. Brad Hawkins of East Wenatchee, Senate Bill 5588 will allow Washington's public utility districts to generate hydrogen, which can then be used...
Seattle’s study of downtown tolling was due Feb. 4. The deadline came and went. The idea of tolling Seattle streets has been discussed for years...
Inslee proposed a $1.1 billion agenda to help save southern-resident killer whales, who are facing extinction. But funding for several bills has yet to be...
From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Royer served as Seattle deputy mayor in the administration of his brother, Mayor Charley Royer. "I needed somebody I could...
The programs, which are administered through county public-health centers, have seen participation decline by more than 35 percent in recent years and need to cut...
As a rookie legislator, she disregarded advice to keep quiet and listen to leadership. She played a central role in securing full unemployment benefits for...
The City Attorney's Office has hired an outside investigator to help with the process, but declined to say who it is.
Democratic Sen. Annette Cleveland, from the district at the center of the outbreak, told colleagues, "A vote against this bill is a vote against public...
Idaho's Legislature ended its session without granting continuing approval to 736 chapters of rules and regulations that touch on just about every aspect of daily...
