washington supreme court

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has narrowly rejected a claim by a Tumwater police officer who was badly injured when he was bitten by a Thurston County Sheriff's Office dog. Typically the owners of a dog are automatically liable for bites caused by their pet...

OLYMPIA (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has ordered a court hearing for Sept. 7 in order to get an update on the state's progress toward fulfilling its constitutional requirement to properly fund basic education. In a four-page order issued Thursday, the court notes that the 2017 legislative session "presents the last opportunity for complying with the State's paramount duty...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The nine justices of the Washington Supreme Court have made history by appointing the first female clerk in state history. Deputy Clerk Susan Carlson was sworn in last week by Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen. Carlson replaces long-time Clerk Ron Carpenter, who retired at the end of March after serving 10 years in the role...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has upheld a 2013 law that simplifies the process for holding mentally ill people charged with violent felonies after efforts to restore their competency fail. If a person is found incompetent to stand trial and treatment doesn't work, the charges against them are dropped...

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawmakers agreed Wednesday on a report to the Washington Supreme Court on progress they've made toward fully paying the cost of basic education. The report outlines their plan to correct the state's over-reliance on local school tax levies...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has restored an attempted murder conviction for a man authorities say shot a state patrol trooper in the head in 2010. The high court on Thursday overturned a 2013 decision by a state appellate court to vacate the first-degree attempted murder conviction of Martin A...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court shared some of the court's thinking behind its McCleary school finance ruling this week. Justice Barbara Madsen told TVW's Inside Olympia program the court made its 2012 McCleary decision in part because of what happened in 1977 after a similar case was decided. ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington's first charter school has decided to go back to being a tuition-free private school. In the wake of a Washington Supreme Court decision that the state's charter school law is unconstitutional, all nine charter schools have been scrambling to find a way to keep their doors open...

On March 17, court will be in session at Heritage University as the Washington State Supreme Court travels to Toppenish to hear three cases.