UPDATE: This action has expired. Gov. Gregoire signed the bill decertifying the union. The Legislature passed ESSB 5742, a revenue bill for the Washington State Ferries...
In the waning hours of the special overtime legislative session, Gov. Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have reached an agreement to cut workers’ compensation benefits by...
By Marilyn Watkins When we go out for a meal or shop for groceries, none of us wants to come home with stomach flu. Yet most...
UPDATE: SB 5931, which bypassed the normal committee process, was quickly voted upon Tuesday afternoon in the Senate and passed 29-18, with 9 Democrats siding with...
The Washington State Labor Council is asking union members and other supporters of the safety net for injured workers to contact Senate Democratic leaders and urge...
As budget negotiations drag on between House and Senate leaders, powerful business lobbying groups in Olympia are using the special overtime session to push legislators to...
If Congressional Republicans — including Washington’s own U.S. Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Dave Reichert, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and “Doc” Hastings — were listening to the American...
This video depicts the kind of conversation that could be happening right now in Olympia as business lobbyists aggressively push ESB 5566, which would allow “compromise-and-release”...
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