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 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…
Wednesday marked the last big deadline for non-budgetary bills in the Legislature, and some proposals by Clark County’s legislators fared better than others. Here’s a quick roundup of where some of those proposals stand: Missing the deadline: Death penalty changes:…
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 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 — 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…
