State lawmakers outdid themselves this year in the assortment of ways they chose to extract more bucks from you, your…
Democratic lawmakers greeted the end of the 2019 legislative session with warm embraces, wide smiles and, for some, irrepressible joy.
One of the most intriguing dramas at this point in the legislative session revolves around a bill putting new rules…
It’s the home stretch of the 2019 legislative session.
To fully appreciate a peace accord reached this week on rewriting state law on the use of deadly force by…
Early net pen warnings came from Island, other counties
2017 was a stinky year for Tim Eyman.
If you come to the state Capitol and want to see lawmakers in action, there are a few rules to…
A presidential pardon in hand, Arizona’s “Sheriff Joe” may be getting ready to hitch up his spurs for another campaign.
Voters never got a chance to try to overturn new laws increasing the state property tax next year and imposing…
The state’s new law targeting distracted drivers sure is irritating folks.
Last Wednesday arrived with a sense of possibility that lawmakers could solve the two remaining riddles in this year’s legislating…
A state panel took the first step to hiking fares on Washington state ferries.