Abortion
House Bill 1031, which seeks to ban late-term abortions in Washington State with no exceptions, was voted out of committee about ten days ago. Ask...

Becca III
Becca Bills I & II, passed in the last two legislative sessions, were a massive setback for youth and human rights. They essentially criminalized...

Child Support
Clinton is cracking down on "deadbeat dads," usually a state responsibility. How, exactly, is he doing this? By tying it to welfare reform. If a...

Evil Lurks in Olympia
Washington's state legislature is back in session. By late spring, it will consider hundreds of bills that would affect your life. But you'd never...

Football
Paul Allen and his newly bought friends in Olympia are gonna try real hard, probably late in the session, to fund a new $400 million stadium for the...

Gay Marriage
Today (Feb. 4) both the state House and Senate will hold hearings on HB 1130 and SB 5398 & 5400. The bills, patterned on the federal "Defense of...

Landlords Rule
HB 1043 and SB 5091 are "Pre-emption" bills designed to overturn basic tenant rights. They include provisions deleting rights of just cause for...

Tax Cuts
One set of tax cuts has passed already, and another, larger one is on the way. Why are they bad? Because they're almost all targeted at middle and...

The Usual Corporate Handouts
Insurance companies are after what little is left of Washington state's Health Care Reform. Timber companies want more cutting on state land. More...

Welfare Reform
States have until July to come up with a plan to do the work the feds used to, with less money and fewer people eligible. Nationally, this will be a...