According to an excellent piece in the Washington Observer, Democratic Ways and Means Committee members twice blocked amendments to Capital Gains Tax proposal that would have made it far easier for citizens to challenge.
HB 1499 will remove criminal penalties for possession of certain amounts of heroin, meth, narcotics, and other drugs...similar to Oregon bill that passed last fall.
8th District House Rep. Matt Boehnke says if HB 1084 passes, natural gas customers could eventually see upwards of a 700 percent increase in their energy bill.
Without even allowing a vote on SB 5114, Senate Democrats sent a loud message Wednesday about how they view business, especially small businesses, in WA State.
House Senate GOP leaders said Thursday when they attempted to get the legislators on the floor to at least vote on the bill (which would move many businesses to Phase 2 in the re-open plan) Democrats blocked it...