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WA Legislature passes bill eliminating medical debt from consumer credit reports
The Washington State Legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that could offer significant relief to people drowning in medical ...
Trump targets Washington’s climate laws in recent executive order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday targeting state-level climate policies – including Washington ...
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From rent cap compromise to condo rules, how WA is working to solve its housing crisis
What a landlord does is they charge what the market can bear. But Washingtonians can’t bear it anymore,” said state Sen. Emily Alvarado.
WA Legislature tells bounty hunters to stay away from immigration enforcement
The Washington State Legislature passed a bill Thursday declaring it “unprofessional conduct” for bail bond recovery agents – better known as bounty hunters – to enforce civil immigration warrants, ...
Amended rent cap bill faces uncertain fate in Washington House
Republicans in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature aren’t holding their collective breath that an amendment ...
Jefferson Public Radio14h
West Coast governors: We will defend our climate policies against Trump attack
After dismantling most federal action on the global climate, the Trump administration now aims to attack state and local ...
The Stranger14h
State Workers Won’t Let Ferguson Balance the Budget on Their Backs
Hundreds of Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) members packed the rotunda on Wednesday to remind Ferguson that ...
At least 14 new bills became Washington law on Friday. Here's what they are
OLYMPIA, Wash. — At least 14 new bills were signed into Washington law by Gov. Bob Ferguson on Friday morning. Topics range ...
Legislation capping rent increases makes its furthest progress yet in WA after passing in Senate
A bill that would cap rent increases passed in the Senate, but not before Democratic lawmakers amended it by raising the ...
Bill closing Yakima Valley, Rainier schools moves ahead. ‘People will die,’ lawmaker says
Washington lawmakers are considering whether to close the two residential habilitation centers that are home to people with ...