Housing Action, Assault Weapons Ban and the State’s Largest Biennial Budget Among Highlights After 105 days, the 2023 Washington State legislative session came to a close Sunday night. With Democrats controlling the majority in both houses, there were sweeping new restrictions placed on firearm purchases …
Like our local island and county politics, state-level politics in Washington are increasingly impactful and important to post-pandemic life. In our last Government 101 article we discussed all the ways the state’s structure, its institutions, and representatives function. Now we’re going to focus on how …
How the House, Senate, Governor, Supreme Court + Citizens work together to govern our state Like our local island and county politics, state-level politics in Washington are increasingly impactful and important to post-pandemic life. From setting the statewide policy which guides and frames local decisions, …
It looks like there may well be a bit of a Summer 2021 cruise season after all. The CDC has revised its Conditional Sail Order to allow sailings from some U.S. ports by mid-July 2021, provided stringent COVID protocols are in place, including vaccination of …
All counties in Washington State have now been allowed to move into Phase 2 of the official Healthy Recovery plan as of this week. Now we have finally taken the next step back towards normality, the state-wide focus is on building on this latest progression, …
On Monday Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation providing tax relief for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. SB 5061 will also increase minimum unemployment benefits for workers and provide significant tax relief for businesses over the next five years, to support recovery from the economic …