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Washington Lawmakers, Groups, Discussing Paid Family Leave
Washington Lawmakers, Groups, Discussing Paid Family Leave
Washington Lawmakers, Groups, Discussing Paid Family Leave
OLYMPIA  (AP) — As Washington lawmakers continue to wrestle with reaching agreement on a two-year state budget, another group of negotiators has been meeting regularly to discuss another topic: paid family leave. Several bipartisan legislators — along with representatives from the labor and business communities —have been taking advantage of the extra time provided by Legislature's need to go into
State Politicians to Get Raises
State Politicians to Get Raises
State Politicians to Get Raises
OLYMPIA  (AP) — A citizen commission that sets elected officials' salaries has voted to increase pay for Washington lawmakers by 2 percent annually for the next two years. The News Tribune reports the salary commission voted to approve the raises Wednesday...
Washington Lawmakers Exempt From Releasing Emails
Washington Lawmakers Exempt From Releasing Emails
Washington Lawmakers Exempt From Releasing Emails
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Top lawmakers in Washington largely exempt themselves from the state's public records law, and their offices did not release emails sent and received by their government accounts when requested. As part of a nation-wide project by The Associated Press, a week of emails and daily schedules of Gov. Jay...
Lawmakers Endorse Hadian as Governor of WA State
Lawmakers Endorse Hadian as Governor of WA State
Lawmakers Endorse Hadian as Governor of WA State
Four state lawmakers have endorsed Shahram Hadian as governor of Washington State. Representative David Taylor of Moxee and representatives Brad Klippert, Jason Overstreet and Matt Shea say Hadian is a man of integrity and character willing to take tough stands based on republican principles...