Gov. Jay Inslee hires coal lobbyist to direct his policy office
Gov. Jay Inslee has hired a coal lobbyist to direct his policy office, an eyebrow-raising selection for a governor who has insisted on sweeping scrutiny of coal export terminals proposed at Cherry...
View ArticleHanford: State puts heat on feds over radioactive hot stuff
The state of Washington has triggered a dispute resolution process with the U.S. Department of Energy in a long-running dispute over long delays in cleaning up highly radioactive waste on the Hanford...
View ArticleObamacare: Top state Democrats take a victory lap
While some Democrats in other states have kept their distance, Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray lovingly embraced the Affordable Care Act from the start, and on Wednesday proclaimed victory in...
View ArticleWashington first state to lose No Child Left Behind waiver –It’ll cost us
The U.S. Department of Education has pulled Washington’s waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, saying the state has not met its timeline for linking evaluation of teachers and principals...
View ArticleInslee’s drive against greenhouse gases must be fueled by Legislature
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed an executive order launching a program to curb greenhouse gas emissions in Washington, with such goals as getting utilities to stop using coal-generated electricity and...
View ArticleMary Yu becomes first Asian American, first gay on State Supreme Court
Veteran King County Superior Court Judge Mary Yu is the newest member of the Washington State Supreme Court, the first Asian-American and the first gay member of the high court. Yu was appointed by...
View ArticleBilly Frank Jr.: Appreciating a Northwest civil rights legend
Billy Frank Jr., was once considered an outlaw, poacher and scofflaw, arrested some 50 times — starting at the age of 14– for “illegally” fishing in waters where he had his home on the Nisqually...
View ArticleMayor warns: Seattle dare not play ‘Lone Ranger’ on saving transit
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray warned Thursday that the Emerald City can play “Lone Ranger” only at its peril, arguing that a city-only solution to pending cuts in Metro bus service would lead to “isolation”...
View ArticleGovernor Inslee on oil trains: ‘I want to know’ risks
Gov. Jay Inslee says he wants a full assessment of the risks of using the rails to ship volatile crude oil from North Dakota to Puget Sound-area refineries and a proposed Columbia River terminal that...
View ArticleA big, controversial Columbia River oil terminal: The governor will decide
The nearest deep-water port to North Dakota’s Bakken oil field is Vancouver, Washington, and as many as four tanker trains, each a mile and a half long, will arrive at the Columbia River each day if...
View ArticleGov. Inslee is there when disasters strike — but can he prevent them?
One image of Jay Inslee tells a lot about the tall, relentlessly upbeat, sometimes goofy, politician-to-the-tips-of-his-toes guy whom Washington narrowly elected governor in 2012. Shortly after the Oso...
View ArticleDelay dealing with climate change and it will cost us — big time
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Big Oil and coal companies have delivered dire but non-specific warnings about the costs of such measures as reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and...
View ArticleGallup: Washington 4th best in USA at reducing uninsured
Washington is among the top five states in America registering the sharpest reductions in the rate of uninsured adults since requirements of the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) took effect,...
View ArticleOil, railroad, coal port money gushes into races for Legislature
Oil refiners, railroads and would-be coal port developers have quietly poured thousands of dollars into Republicans’ coffers in this year’s mid-election battle for control of the Washington...
View ArticleInslee to Yakima: Don’t appeal judge’s ruling on Latino voters
The city of Yakima should not appeal a ruling by a federal judge that the city has denied representation to its Latino minority with at-large elections, Gov. Jay Inslee said in a letter to the Yakima...
View ArticleGreen activist Tom Steyer puts $1 million into Washington climate PAC
Billionaire California-based green activist Tom Steyer has put $1 million into his Washington state political action committee, on the heels of giving $15 million to a national PAC supporting...
View ArticleWashington’s outdoor recreation goal: No child left inside!!!
Washington is short of money, but Gov. Jay Inslee is visibly hooked on recommendation of his Blue Ribbon Task Force on Outdoor Recreation. Its theme: “No Child Left Inside.” “We need to get more...
View ArticleEnvironmental billionaire targets two Republican state senators
Two Republican legislators seeking re-election, state Sens. Andy Hill and Steve O’Ban, have been targeted for defeat by a political committee, founded by California billionaire Tom Steyer, that wants...
View ArticleFrank E. Inslee, father of the governor, dies at 88
Frank E. Inslee, father of Gov. Jay Inslee, died Monday night at the age of 88, hours after being transported from his Lopez Island home to a hospital in Anacortes. The governor and wife Trudi arrived...
View ArticleStockpiling for 2016? Gov. Inslee stages quiet 2014 fundraiser
Gov. Jay Inslee is not letting the grass grow beneath his running shoes. The governor, up for re-election in 2016, is holding a fundraiser Tuesday night, two weeks short of the 2014 election. The...
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