As the state capitol, many of the decisions and actions taken in Olympia have a direct impact on readers of the Northern Kittitas County Tribune. The WNPA Olympia News Bureau provides these articles written by journalism interns stationed in Olympia during the legislative session and other sources. To learn more about the interns working to bring you this information, see their bios here.
2019 Articles (most recent first)
- Personal objection will no longer exempt children from school vaccinations
- New law erases or extends statute of limitations for various sex crimes
- SuperSoncis player Jack Sikma honored with Senate resolution
- Woman completes 17-day hunger strike for Southern Resident Orcas
- Daylight saving time year-round passes Senate
- Felon voting rights legislation signed by Gov. Inslee
- Getting eyeball tattoos to be illegal in Washington State
- Activists rally for woman on hunger strike to draw attention to plight of orcas
- Legislation to reduce rape kit processing times heads to governor
- Olympia sized cherry blossoms in full bloom
- Woman on a 17- day hunger strike to save the Southern Resident Orcas
- Senate passes amended operating budget, negotiations begin
- Legislation to confiscate firearms in domestic violence situations moves forward
- School librarians demonstrate at the Capitol to protest funding cuts
- Brexit for Brits … Lexit for Washington’s eastside
- Senate Democrats roll out budget and accompanying “Fix Our Tax Code” plan
- Bill to raise the age to purchase tobacco to 21 heads to governor to sign into law
- ‘Ghost Gun’ bill moves to Senate Committees
- Malicious harassment renamed hate crime in proposed legislation
- House Democrats propose budget that includes new taxes
- Halfway through his first legislative session Rep. Ybarra plans to run for re-election
- Lawmakers propose an increase in school levy rates
- Lawmakers consider extending eviction process timeline
- Native American Voting Rights Act signed into law
- Daylight saving all the time proposed for state
- School District Bonds voting requirements to remain the same after Senate vote fails
- Carbon fee back on the table for Washington
- Senate creates commission to review major airport location options
- Lawsuits target constitutionality of voter-approved gun control measure in Washington state
- Senate unanimously votes to create statewide broadband office
- Legislation on School Resource Officer training requirements pass senate
- House passes bill to eliminate philosophical or personal objection to vaccines
- Senate votes to extend extreme-risk protection orders to minors
- House passes bill to increase pay of National Guard
- AG Ferguson responds to questions about gun control initiative
- Legislators get wheelie serious about motorized scooters
- Inslee launches 2020 presidential campaign
- Senate bill targets transparency throughout the agricultural supply chain in regard to human trafficking
- State senators pass bill to prohibit gender discrimination in public schools
- Washington representatives stand up for Puerto Rico
- Bill to require comprehensive sex education passes senate
- Legislature hears public testimony on $30 Car Tab Initiative
- Senate passes bill prohibiting citizenship- or immigration-based discrimination
- Senate Minority Leader alleges Dems illegally used state facilities for campaign training
- Legislators seek to reduce pollution by limiting plastic bag use
- Initiative to expand hydrogen fuel production unanimously passes Senate
- Legislature “prays” for Congress to curb Trump’s ability to launch a nuke
- Ethical issues with facial recognition addressed by Legislature
- Law would support full recovery of gray wolves
- State funding to increase mental- and behavioral- health workforce recruitment proposed
- Law could prohibit eye tattoos in Washington state
- Law would eliminate personal objection to vaccines in Washington state
- Legislators push to ensure funding of career and technical education programs
- 51st State movement highlights cultural divide in Washington State
- Funding to encourage thoughtful online behavior in students proposed
- House passes bill to raise age limit for tobacco sales
- Law would require inspection of any interfering odor in a public place
- Lawmakers seek to regulate homeless camps on church property
- Senate bill would ban homeless camps near schools
- Proposed Public Records bill is dead
- Social media extortion could be a new crime in Washington state
- Lawmakers push concussion awareness and best practices in all sports
- State senators aim to create self-harm hotline
- Presidential candidate tax returns, felon voting, and campaign finance topic of proposed house legislation
- People who want to live in State of Liberty rally at Capitol
- A proposal to remove and replace statue of state pioneer
- Adult entertainers seek safer workplace standards
- Senate passes bill to remove the death penalty
- Immigration or citizenship status could be added to anti-discrimination law under proposed legislation
- House members propose task force on missing and murdered indigenous women
- Lawmakers seek to improve sexual health education in Washington state
- Lawmakers propose new watercraft restrictions to save southern resident orcas
- State government digging out
- Lawmakers propose new agency to administer guest worker visas
- Journalists criticize proposal giving the legislature exemptions to public disclosure laws