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OLYMPIA —Gov. Jay Inslee will take action Thursday beginning at 3:30 p.m. on two Access to Democracy bills introduced this legislative session. ESSB 5079 will allow Native American voters living on reservations to use a tribal identification card to register ...

OLYMPIA — The Senate passed legislation today to allow assistant attorneys general to elect to collectively bargain under the Personnel System Reform Act.

SB 5297 is sponsored by Sen. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia) in response to concerns from ...

OLYMPIA — A resolution passed by the Senate today would rename Olympia’s Marathon Park in honor of athlete Joan Benoit Samuelson. Benoit Samuelson won the first women’s Olympic marathon trials in Olympia in 1984, with the race’s start and finish ...

OLYMPIA — A measure to make Washington’s presidential primary process more accessible and relevant—and to end reliance on precinct caucuses—passed out of the state House yesterday on a 54-42 vote. Senate Bill 5273, sponsored by Sen. Sam Hunt (D-Olympia), would ...