In the past, many budget increases were paid for in part with 'general obligation' bonds, which require 2/3 votes of House and Senate. Not with these this year.
The 10th lawsuit against the EPA since Trump became President has now been filed by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
Washington state joins ten other states, including New York, California, Illinois, Delaware, Oregon, Massachusetts, Vermont, The District of Columbia and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in suing the EPA over the use of HFC's or Hydrofluorocarbo
Attorney General Bob Ferguson has joined CA and New Jersey over a lawsuit against the five largest oil companies, claiming they caused global warming.
The suit, in which Ferguson has filed a "friend of the court" or amicus briefing, sounds very much like the tobacco suit championed for former state AG Christine Gregoire...
Much of the election attention in Washington state has been focused on minimum wage and other workforce issues, including I-1433, which would raise the minimum wage statewide, and force all businesses to offer paid sick leave, regardless of the number of workers. But there's another measure on the ballot that's going to affect all Washintonians.
The Department of Ecology has released a revision on the first ever rule designed to reduce carbon pollution, and they actually want your opinions. The Department plans to act by late summer on putting this new Clean Air Rule into action.
Wednesday Governor Jay Inslee visited with low-income workers in Yakima, as well as college students at CWU in Ellensburg, in support of his goal to bring back a never-used state tax rebate program.
Many experts and political analysts have poked fun at what is called the "Gore" Effect, where cold weather seems to follow the self-appointed global warming expert.
According to a report issued up by a climate group, rising sea levels could alledgedly wipe out Jersey Shore--and taking out Snooki-that's a bad thing?
So much has been said, published, broadcast and blathered about how going green is not only good for the enviornment, but it will save us citizens lots of money. Not so fast, says a comprehensive report from the Washington Policy Center.