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.
The proposed labor contract would also establish a $12 hourly minimum wage for general government workers.
A 1986 state law says police can’t be convicted of a crime, such as murder, for using deadly force on the job as long as they acted in good faith and without malice, or “evil intent.”
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said he hopes such a law could prevent mass shootings like the one in Mukilteo in July.
Washington, where the minimum wage is tied to inflation under a 1998 ballot measure, had the highest base wage in the nation asrecently as 2015.
Oil train safety has been in the national spotlight following incidents such as the fiery derailment in 2013 that killed 47 people in Lac Megantic, Quebec, and the June derailment of a Union-Pacific train that spilled 42,000 gallons of oil near Mosier, Oregon.
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