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The Keep Washington Evergreen Bill Will Not Move Forward This Session

The Keep Washington Evergreen bill died in session.

In January, Gov. Jay Inslee took the unusual step of testifying in a legislative committee in favor of a bill he requested to make it a crime for elected officials and candidates for office to incite lawlessness by making false statements about elections. That bill failed to clear the Washington Senate before a key cut-off deadline on February 15.

Inslee’s Bill To Criminalize Lying About Elections Appears Dead

A measure backed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee that would have made it a crime for elected officials and candidates for office to incite lawlessness by making false statements about elections appears to have died in the state Legislature.

Biologists are catching as many northern pike as they can in Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir held back by the Grand Coulee Dam.

Northern Pike Suppression Efforts Push Back Invasive Fish In Lake Roosevelt

Efforts to keep a toothy, invasive fish behind Grand Coulee Dam are paying off.

Democratic staffers in the Washington Legislature staged a "sick out" on Wednesday after a bill that would have allowed them to unionize failed to advance before a key legislative deadline.

Washington Legislative Staffers Stage Sick-Out After Unionization Bill Dies

In an act of labor solidarity, scores of Democratic staffers in the Washington Legislature staged a “sick-out” Wednesday after a bill that would have allowed them to unionize failed to advance before a key cutoff deadline.

A black chalk board with the writing, school closed on it.

Richland students will return to classes after mask flap

The Richland School Board Thursday evening voted to allow children to go back in-person and to follow the Governor’s Mask Mandate on a vote of 4 to 1.This…

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Washington AG bans company from doing COVID testing

The Washington Attorney General has banned an Illinois company from conducting COVID testing in Washington.

Plans for a new Starbucks in downtown Pullman

More Murrow News StoriesPULLMAN, WASH - Downtown Pullman could be seeing a new Starbucks location in the near future.Forza Development LLC, wants to…

Company wants to expand flow of natural gas through PNW

By Bradley ParksThe Canadian company T-C Energy wants to increase the flow of natural gas through Oregon, Washington and Idaho.The company has pitched a…

The Tri-Cities are preparing to count the homeless population. CREDIT: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Tri-Cities Prepare For Homeless Count

The Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Department of Humans Services are coordinating to do the Annual Point in Time count this Thursday.…

The 400-mile Olympic Pipeline carries gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from refineries in northern Washington state.

WA Dems Ignore Complaints About Out-Of-State Gas Tax

Majority Democrats in the Washington Legislature appear unbowed by complaints from Oregon, Idaho and Alaska over a targeted new fuel tax. The proposed tax…

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