washington state legislature

A bill in the Washington House of Representatives is seeking to remove the image of George Washington from the state flag. House Bill 1938 (HB-1938) calls for the formation of a committee that will oversee the redesigning of the flag to include imagery which is more suitable to the state's "evolving identity"...

It only took a little more than ten years since it was passed by the Washington State Legislature, but the Evergreen State has now come in line with a number of others when it comes to tax credits being available to low income and working families.

The 105-day legislative session begins Monday with the expectation that it could be a tough few months for lawmakers who return to town under a contempt order by a state Supreme Court that has grown increasingly more impatient with their progress on fixing the way the state pays for basic education.

An ethics board in the Legislature is collecting information on how often five lawmakers accepted free meals from lobbyists.

Moxee's Dave Taylor was re-elected to his seat as a representative from Washington's 15th Legislative District in the last election. Representative Taylor was a guest earlier this week on Newstalk KIT. He talked about the new legislative session, a business regulatory reform bill that has been introduced, what he expects from Governor Inslee,  the Washington Firearms Freedom act that he has introd

Central Washington University professor and newly elected 13th District state representative Matt Manweller was a guest on Friday's Mike Bastinelli show. Manweller is a tenured  political science professor at CWU, and also taught high school math and economics...

House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) will discuss Republicans’ efforts to address rising gas prices and help create jobs in the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, March 3.  The address is the latest part of a coordinated campaign to highlight Republicans’ ‘all-of-the-above’ energy policy and hold Washington Democrats accountable for policies that have contribute