Pat McCarthy addresses debate over free tickets for lawmakers at U.S. Open
…said the tournament will bring $8 million “into the state coffers that wouldn’t be there” without the U.S. Open. “The Impact” this week looks at the state investments that helped…
House Appropriations Committee
…planning framework. (Remote testimony.) SHB 1117 – Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state’s comprehensive planning framework. (Remote testimony.) SHB 1160 – Concerning health provider contracts. (Remote testimony.) HB…
Senate Ways & Means Committee
…mental health sentencing alternatives. (Remote testimony.) SSB 5353 – Creating a partnership model that facilitates community engagement with law enforcement. (Remote testimony.); Executive Session: SSB 5119 – Concerning individuals in custody….
Thurston County judge in acid attack testifies for disclosure exemption
…privacy. “You can Google anybody’s name,” Roach said. “You can go to county property tax records and get names, and so forth. It’s almost a moot point here. You can…
Senate Ways & Means Committee
…assist specified persons under civil commitment. (Remote testimony.) SSB 5195 – Concerning opioid overdose reversal medication. (Remote testimony.) SSB 5378 – Concerning real estate brokers and managing brokers license renewal…
Test scores hold steady, but majority of schools fail to meet federal standards
…“We’ve stayed kind of steady the last three years,” Dorn said. “Which is probably, in my mind, good news.” Full results are available on OSPI’s website here. TVW taped Wednesday’s…
Cutoff deadline: What’s alive, what stalled
…passed in the House, but Senate Commerce and Labor committee chair Sen. Michael Baumgartner did not give the bill a vote in committee. “I’m not going to put people out…
Selling counterfeit airbags would become a crime under House bill
…mechanic that’s working at the neighborhood shop and doesn’t really know what he’s doing,” Fulton said. She said her concern really focuses on the term “reasonably should have know.” “That’s…
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The Impact – Little Beetles Prompt Massive Quarantine; Wasps New Focus in Giant Hornet Hunt
…So we did that as a precaution,” said Spichiger. Watch the full interview with WSDA Managing Entomologist Sven Spichiger here: https://tvw.org/video/the-impact-massive-quarantine-for-invasive-beetles-and-new-weapon-in-giant-hornet-hunt-2022051053/ Listen to the podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Fx1SYCnYjFke2cDjqKijn More options https://tvw.org/podcasts/…
Senate committee holds public hearing on education funding bill
…came together to “craft each sentence” of the bill. The end result is a “pretty big set of compromises among all four caucuses,” she said. “It’s been referred to as…
Washington would abolish death penalty if bill passes
…has 17 sponsors, including two Republicans. Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, has long supported eliminating the death penalty, but this year’s bill also has support from Rep. Chad Magendanz, R-Issaquah….
