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The gas tax would not be raised to help pay for the transportation package, lawmakers said Tuesday.

After a cataclysmic year of heat and floods, Washington state considers shifting funds from mitigation to adaptation

Download a PDF of the speech Gov. Jay Inslee presented his 2022 State of the State speech today to the Washington State Legislature. The governor laid out his charge as they begin the crucial work of the 60-day legislative session. He urged legislators to take “Action... This Day” on a number of crucial issues such as homelessness and housing, climate change and protection for

More than half of Missouri families report paying more than $500 a month for child care, and child-care providers have been struggling to keep their doors open. Advocates for children say there are some promising actions the Legislature could take to improve both ends. Craig Stevenson, director of policy and advocacy with Kids Win Missouri, noted that the American Rescue Plan last March allocated more than $700 million to Missouri, and the Show-Me State is one of a handful that has not yet spe...

On the Florida Legislatures opening day, House leaders scheduled separate redistricting committee meetings at the same time - and critics blasted it as another attempt to limit public input. Republicans in the Florida House, who control the process of drawing new congressional and legislative district boundaries, held meetings Tuesday, specifically for public comment - but both were at 4 p.m. What was scheduled as a two-hour meeting ended in just eight minutes, after only two county commissione...

Education reform and tax cuts were among the ideas in Gov. Kim Reynolds Condition of the State address on Tuesday, but advocates for marginalized Iowans and working families say some priorities are out of touch with communities. The governors plans are consistent with those of GOP lawmakers, who control the Legislature. ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launched the 2022 legislative session with his State of the State address on Tuesday. The theme of the speech was "action, this day," a quote from Winston Churchill at the beginning of World War II. ...

Washington’s climate-minded lawmakers have big shoes to fill during this year’s legislative session, after last year’s yielded the most aggressive suite of climate laws the state has ever seen.

Out with the old, in with the new.

The West’s largest green energy storage project would destroy a Yakama sacred site. Now, the nation is fighting back.