Governor’s best-laid plans put on ice
Counties band together to consider legal action against the state.
Do expect more negotiation on Hirst fix
Democrat Manka Dhingra’s election to the Legislature’s 45th District in King County means Democrats will have slim majorities in the…
Will be the state Senate’s chief budget writer and negotiator
BREMERTON — Political discourse is commonly fraught with contention, but from the outside it would seem that political dialogue has…
Recall earlier this summer when the Legislature passed its operating budget — as well as its latest spending plan to…
BREMERTON — State representatives Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo, and Michelle Caldier, R-Port Orchard, will participate in “Finding Common Ground,” 6:30-8:30 p.m….
OLYMPIA — No issue in the state Legislature illustrates the urban-rural split in Washington state than what’s euphemistically called “the…
PORT ORCHARD — When the Washington State Legislature finally passed its two-year state budget and Gov. Jay Inslee signed it…
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new two-year state budget June 30, ensuring no state agency is closed or…
OLYMPIA — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed on March 13 an amended complaint in his lawsuit challenging President Trump’s…
OLYMPIA — A state Senate-approved bill that would allow local governments to approve development using Department of Ecology water rules…
OLYMPIA — The state House of Representatives approved two measures March 3 related to public access to public records. Both…
This year, there will be numerous opportunities to run for public office in your community. The deadline to decide is May 19, but the earlier you get started, the better.
Was proposed by Kitsap sheriff’s deputy who serves in Navy
The bill is not yet out of the House, but we’re still not out of the woods.
ONLINE: Watch KING5’s special report, “Prisoners in the Own Land,” about the internment of people of Japanese ancestry at Minidoka.
OLYMPIA — Applicants for top leadership positions at universities may have to answer to your state senator rather than a…