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By 2050, Washington might need to buy energy from other states
With the state’s power needs expected to double, it will have to import wind and solar to meet the demand. → Read More
Top environmental bills on the 2023 WA Legislative agenda
Proposed policies include planting trees and steering people away from gas-powered cars — but nothing as ambitious as years past. → Read More
Negotiations to resurrect Ferndale aluminum plant fall apart
The high cost of power likely doomed talks to bring back the plant, which would rekindle 700 jobs. → Read More
Will flood protections set back salmon restoration in the Chehalis River Basin?
A flood control dam proposal on the Chehalis complicates a multimillion-dollar effort by tribes and lawmakers to bring back declining salmon runs. → Read More
Seattle could get a new psychiatric teaching hospital
In an unusual step, House Speaker Frank Chopp has personally introduced a bill to create a new hospital in Seattle. → Read More
A Walla Walla Republican thinks it should be legal to grow marijuana at home
Law enforcement is balking but a number of legislators in both parties think the law could be relaxed. → Read More
Legislature looks to bring broadband to rural ‘black holes’
The proposed state broadband office would facilitate internet connectivity in communities across Washington state. → Read More
Washington’s mental health crisis unites the Legislature
Days before the beginning of the Legislature, both parties agree that something must be done, but diverge on how to pay for it. → Read More
With Democrats in control, will Inslee finally get his capital gains tax?
It's not the largest addition to the governor's proposed revenue plan, but it's likely to cause the most fuss. → Read More
Gov. Inslee calls for electric cars, high speed rail, but no climate tax
State Democrats are confident they'll pass the $268M clean energy plan. → Read More
Frank Chopp gives up gavel, makes room for new House Speaker
It will be months before a successor is named, but there is a short list of likely candidates. → Read More
State Democrats tighten hold on Olympia
With more seats to work with, the party is positioned to move on environmental policy, health care and capital gains. → Read More
A Democrat won’t win in central WA, but can an independent?
Candidate Ann Diamond is outperforming expectations but it may not be enough for a win. → Read More
A plan emerges to help Puget Sound’s embattled orcas
The governor-appointed coalition calls for adding 10 killer whales to the local population over the next 10 years. → Read More
Will Hanford workers finally be safe from toxic exposure?
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the federal government has promised new safety steps. → Read More
7 issues state lawmakers tackled in 2018 — or didn’t
Democrats had full control of the Legislature and the Governor’s Office. So what did they do with that power? → Read More
There's one thing state lawmakers agree on: the internet
Could Washington trigger a Trump administration lawsuit against the state over net neutrality? Washington’s Legislature, which is delving into internet issues this year, appears likely to pass a state law requiring net neutrality here in defiance of the Federal Communications … Continue reading → → Read More
Inslee has a plan to fund schools — but no one else does
Washington lawmakers are in for a messy 60-day session with no clear solution on how to come up with the final $1 billion needed to meet a state Supreme Court order on funding K-12 education by this year’s deadline. Democrats … Continue reading → → Read More
No 'I do' for Sen. Doug Ericksen and Trump's EPA. Yet
He flirts. The other side flirts back. He’s coy about the whole thing. Who knows whether state Sen. Doug Ericksen — a GOP leader against Democratic environmental measures, especially those by Gov. Jay Inslee — will eventually take a job … Continue reading → → Read More
Will state Democrats revive an abortion coverage bill?
To Elissa Goss, enacting a state law to require that maternity insurance also cover abortions would provide a safety net against what the Trump administration is doing in Washington, D.C. The spokeswoman for NARAL Pro-Choice Washington has a list of … Continue reading → → Read More