The kind of raises in I-1433 — to $11 an hour in 2017, $11.50 in 2018, $12 in 2019 and $13.50 in 2020 — is unprecedented.
After state party leader Susan Hutchison seemed to rationalize the Trump audiotapes by saying he was a Democrat when the remarks were made, one of the GOP’s statewide candidates denounced Hutchison’s remarks. A former spokesman for the state party said she was “an embarrassment.” And a conservative talk-radio host called on her to resign.
Opioid overdoses killed an average of two people a day in Washington in 2015, part of an epidemic that has swept the nation in recent years, with, in many cases, pain-pill addiction segueing into heroin addiction.
Earlier this year officials found more than 200 tents in the encampment, which stretched under and near Interstate 5 from Georgetown to Interstate 90. The city estimates there are 42 people remaining, after ongoing efforts to move residents out
Initiative 732 would gradually ramp up the price of coal, oil and natural gas — while reducing other taxes — in an attempt to lower emissions that spur climate change.
Both Erin Jones and Chris Reykdal say they will be strong advocates for K-12 education in what could be a bruising debate over how to end the unconstitutional reliance on local school district levies to help pay school-employee salaries.
The increases were approved by the Legislature in 2015 as part of Connecting Washington, a package to fund many transportation projects in Washington state.
While much attention has been paid to the effects of dams on fisheries and the natural form and function of rivers, little notice hasbeen taken of the emissions they cause.
Lake Kapowsin is one of the last undeveloped lakes in Puget Sound’s lowlands
Insurance rates are going up, although not as fast as they were before the law went into effect.
Administrators have asked students to consider paying an additional $50 per semester to help bring the athletics department into theblack.
In an agreement announced Thursday, the state Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) and the Department of Agriculture (WSDA) will cooperate on testing about 900 samples a year.
Local governments that do not enforce the standards would face a loss of state funding, although Miloscia did not specify what source of funding.
