By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service OLYMPIA — With only three days until the end of the regular legislative session, one party on Thursday declared its work completed, while the other said only half the work has been done.…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service OLYMPIA — With only three days until the end of the regular legislative session, one party on Thursday declared its work completed, while the other said only half the work has been done.…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service OLYMPIA — As the Legislature nears April 28, its constitutionally required final day of session, there are many issues that have yet to be resolved, such as budget fights or whether to pay…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service Wednesday was the Legislature’s deadline for many bills to pass out of policy committees. Here is a look at some bills that made it, and some that did not. Bills that have an…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service OLYMPIA — State Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, has accomplished something no other freshman House Democrat has done this session. She’s had nearly every one of her bills passed on to the Senate. Not…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service Dental hygienists may be able to help alleviate the pain of a dentist visit if legislation passes in the House of Representatives this session. House Bill 1330, proposed by Rep. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver,would…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service Now that the 2013 legislative session is more than halfway over, state lawmakers from Clark County are working their bills through the opposite chamber in the Legislature. Here is the status of some…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service OLYMPIA– Local towns and cities may soon be free of an unfunded mandate requiring all publicly owned vehicles to convert to using biofuel or electricity by 2015. The environmental conversion rule, established in…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service OLYMPIA– Pharmacists may soon be added to the Legend Drug Act, thanks to a bill by Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver. House Bill 1182 creates a “technical change” Harris said, and allows pharmacists to…
By Lucas Wiseman The Columbian/Murrow News Service OLYMPIA — Sometimes one amendment can make all the difference when it comes to the success or failure of a legislator’s proposal. Take House Bill 1252, for example, which passed the House of…
