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OLYMPIA (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee and state lawmakers are pushing to pass legislation that would force people to store their guns safely and which they say would fix a loophole in the current law, which makes it easier to get an assault weapon than a handgun...

  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The daughters of two late celebrities are pushing separate legislation in Washington state seeking easier ways for family and friends to visit ailing elders in honor of their fathers' end-of-life struggles. Their stories are similar: Kerri Kasem and Catherine Falk were blocked from visiting Casey Kasem and Peter Falk, who had serious illnesses, due to personal disagreements

OLYMPIA (AP) — A new poll says legislation that would raise Washington's smoking age to 21 has more support than keeping the legal age to buy tobacco at 18. A survey by independent pollster Stuart Elway released at a news conference Wednesday finds 65 percent of voters back raising the smoking age to 21, while 35 percent oppose a potential raise...

  4th District Representative Doc Hastings was a guest on Thursday's Mike Bastinelli Show on Newstalk KIT, and among other topics, Mike asked the congressman his opinion on recent developments in Iran. Listen to that conversation here:

Skyrocketing tuition increases at state colleges and universities are making it difficult for students and their parents to afford higher education. One state lawmaker has a bill that would give students more participation in finding efficiencies that could affect the cost of tuition...

California lawmakers want  Democratic Governor Jerry Brown to sign off on a bill  requiring public schools to teach the contributions of gays and lesbians in American history as part of the social studies curriculum.  Former Republican former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill five years ago but Brown says he will sign it.