Cities, county look to step in after state balks on Blake bill
A drug possession penalty could lapse July 1. Local leaders are passing laws to ensure their cops can still make arrests.
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A drug possession penalty could lapse July 1. Local leaders are passing laws to ensure their cops can still make arrests.
OLYMPIA — A day in the life of a legislator never looks the same from one day to the next, but here’s a snippet into a day at the Capitol for Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake. Wednesday, April 5, started with a meeting at 7 a.m. for Dent for a weekly media interview to discuss various bills. After discussing proposed legislation such as House Bill 1134 that implements supporting infrastructure to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, Dent headed from his office in the John L. O'Brien Building to the Capitol Building only a few hundred feet away...
The County Council will consider the challenge in May. Council member Nate Nehring, who questioned the site, has recused himself
Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Thursday to add a ninth judge to the court. It’s the first expansion in a quarter-century.