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Dent, Garcia outline budget priorities, leadership approaches
EPHRATA — As voters in Washington's 13th Legislative District prepare to cast their ballots, they will choose betw…
Special legislative session starts today
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Murray in ML to praise ACA, calls for public option
MOSES LAKE — Sen Patty Murray, during a short visit Wednesday to the Moses Lake Community Health Center, said that it’s important to talk about successes — the…
District 13 lawmakers' bills signed into law
OLYMPIA — Several bills sponsored by local legislators were signed by the governor this week as the legislature wraps up the regular session which could be completed as soon as this Friday.
Newhouse hosts listening session in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Things got testy during a congressional listening session Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, held in the Moses Lake Civic Center auditorium Tuesday nigh…
Public meetings set on PUD fiber options
EPHRATA — The Grant County PUD will hold two public meetings to discuss the future of its fiber optic network in late April. The first is scheduled for 2 p.m. April 25 at the PUD commission meeting room, 30 Southwe…
George Industrial Park slated to receive state funding
GEORGE — An industrial park in George is slated to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds from the state’s proposed capital budgets for water and ro…
Newhouse hosting listening session in Moses Lake tomorrow
MOSES LAKE — If you have a concern you want heard, or just want to listen about what your congressman is doing in Washington D.C., then set aside some time tom…
Legislature crafts internet privacy bills
Washington has joined several other states in proposing internet privacy protection bills after Congress blocked FCC regulations barring internet providers fro…
Newhouse opens 2017 high school art competition
WASHINGTON D.C. — If you are in high school in the Columbia Basin and an artist, Fourth Congressional District Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, has a competition f…
Bill to reassess military credit makes cut-off in House
A bill to reassess the way military service credit for state retirement plans is awarded to veterans who have been deployed narrowly made cut-off in the Approp…
Group seeks to overturn court ruling in school bond case
MOSES LAKE — The drama of the $135 million Moses Lake School construction bond continues.
State House honors Buffalo Soldiers
OLYMPIA — The House of Representatives honored the Buffalo Soldiers, an African-American cavalry unit known for their valor based in the west after the Civil War, in a resolution on March 22.
Senate passes capital budget
OLYMPIA — District 13 is slated to receive new funding for buildings at Big Bend Community College and Central Washington University.
DOC early release bill voted out of committee
A bill to reform the Department of Corrections, drafted in response to the early release of around 3,000 prisoners over the last 13 years due to computer miscalculations, was voted unanimously out of the Public Saf…
Grant PUD commissioners approve rate increase
WANAPUM DAM — Grant County electrical rates will go up by an average of 2 percent, although the actual rate will be different for different customer classes, b…