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Washington lawmakers face new rules for meals that lobbyists pay for, starting in January.

Following Wednesday night’s passage of a tax extenders in the U.S. House, the American Farm Bureau Federation urged Congress to pass the temporary legislation by the end of the year.

The Yakima City Council has its priorities and they can be found in the 2015 city budget that is expected to be approved on December 9th.

Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi says two new officers requested in the 2015 Yakima city budget would be assigned to a federal task force created earlier this year to battle area gangs and drug traffickers.

President Obama would veto the current tax extenders bill that Congress is writing, because the bill does not include tax breaks for the middle class according to a report.

The city of Pasco is trying to remove and save a century-old mural recently uncovered in the basement of a demolished downtown Pasco building. Ahmad Qayoumi, Pasco's public works director, says the city is evaluating placing the 8-by-9 foot mural in its new planned police station...

In what’s becoming a Christmas tradition for Congress, no one has budged to help move expired tax breaks along.

Texas Republican Mike Conaway who was recently confirmed to be chairman of the House Agriculture Committee has said he’s ready to work on the next farm bill and Immigration reform.

Representative Mike Conaway of Texas will lead the House Agriculture committee in the 114th Congress.

Yakima Fire Chief Bob Stewart says cities of Yakima and Union Gap both benefit from a new relationship in which Yakima will take over Union Gap's fire-protection services.