penalties

A Federal judge has put a hold on the Idaho law until the lawsuit is adjudicated

WSDOT's Good to Go! online payment system comes to an end tomorrow.

New law will allow for possession to be punished either by a $100 "ticket" or taking a health assessment that could land a person in a drug rehab program.

Senator Judy Warnick (R-Moses Lake) is demanding the WA State Department of Ag look thoroughly into Inslee's apple stunt. Search for tainted apples now expanded to Chelan County as well.

Bill would create series of penalties and criminal consequences for future attempts to create any more CHAZ or CHOP Zones in our state.

House Bill (HB) 1551 reduces penalty for intentional HIV infection in rape cases from felony to misdemeanor.

Bill would bring water craft penalties more in line with vehicle DUI and other laws.

There's been a lot of opposition to this bill, especially from House Republicans, but it passed the Democratic-controlled House. Proposed by Rep. Noel Frame of Seattle, House Bill 1742 would remove the felony charge for a teen sending a nude or otherwise obvious sexually-explicit photo of themselves or another person to someone else...

I guess some parents, schools and coaches just don't get it. Less than 18 months after the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association slapped Bellevue with the most harsh penalties ever for a high school football program, now some team parents are saying they want the legislature to 'oversee' the WIAA.

We will see if the State House tries to curtail this latest attempt to strengthen our state's DUI laws. For the sixth straight year, the GOP controlled State Senate this week voted 41-0 to make a significant change to DUI laws. The past five legislative sessions, the Democrat-controlled House declined to even bring it to the floor for a vote, so it didn't even pass.