How Washington plans to spend money from the new carbon-cap law
Lawmakers are looking to invest revenue from the Climate Commitment Act in electric buses, ferries and more clean-energy projects around the state.
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Lawmakers are looking to invest revenue from the Climate Commitment Act in electric buses, ferries and more clean-energy projects around the state.
Washington is now a step closer to ending 40-year exclusive real estate listing contracts forever.
OLYMPIA — A proposal to eliminate time limits for filing child-sex abuse lawsuits in Washington has stalled in the state Senate out of worries it could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
In other news, records show disarrayed response to Bend High threat, the Cowlitz tribe reclaims traditional foods in Southwest Washington, and more.
OLYMPIA – Legislation to help support the news media by exempting them from the state business and occupation tax passed the state Senate Friday. “Local journalists play an essential role to inform the public, hold politicians and government accountable, and make our communities stronger,” said Sen. Mark Mullet (D-Issaquah), sponsor of the bill. “That role is particularly important at the local level, where incredibly important decisions are made that CNN or Fox News will never cover. We need to make sure our small local newspapers can stay afloat and keep serving the public, and this ...