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Inslee announces vaccine mandate for state, health care workers

Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that most state workers and on-site contractors and volunteers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to remain employed. The...Read More

Legislative Republicans push for June special session

In a virtual news conference yesterday, top Republican legislators rolled out their proposal for a potential June special legislative session. The legislative Republicans who participated...Read More

Morning Wire: Coronavirus, Session takeaways, Inslee’s leadership

Like most folks, we are working from home starting at the end of last week. My kids are figuring out how to manage online learning,...Read More

Jinkins & Wilcox discuss their main takeaways from the 2020 session

House Speaker Laurie Jinkins and Minority Leader J.T. Wilcox sat down for separate interviews today with Mike McClanahan of TVW to discuss their main takeaways...Read More

Morning Wire: Gubernatorial elections, Laurie Jinkins, Primary Elections

A primary election, a speaker election, and a decision point for Inslee. Usually these mid-summer weeks are slow weeks in Washington State politics. Not this year…...Read More

Four subtle changes to expect with Jinkins as Speaker

Jinkins' election signals the House will be a somewhat different place compared to the period under now-former Speaker Frank Chopp....Read More

State leaders react to election of House Speaker-designate Laurie Jinkins

Washington House Democrats elected Rep. Laurie Jinkins as the new House Speaker on Wednesday at a meeting in SeaTac. Jinkins, who represents the 27th LD...Read More

Long-term care benefit bill receives all supportive testimony in hearing

The House Health & Wellness Committee Wednesday heard a line-up of supportive public testimony on House Bill 1087, also known as the Long-Term Care Trust...Read More

By a 9-8 vote, 29th LD Dems call for Rep. Sawyer’s resignation

On a 9-8 vote, the 29th Legislative District Democratic Party Organization approved a resolution calling for Representative David Sawyer to either step down or not...Read More