Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Sen. Pam Roach (R-Auburn) urged voters to “look out for [their] pocketbooks” after the state Supreme Court declared a two-thirds-vote to raise taxes unconstitutional in a 6-3 ruling released Feb. 28. The court's determination was made based on a lawsuit filed by the League of Education Voters along with House Democrat members and other stakeholders in July 2011 challenging the constitutionality of Initiative 1035 passed in 2010. Some critics of that decision deemed it appalling that the court chose to side with constitutional tec...
A showdown on the House floor Friday (Feb. 1) over an amendment offered by Republicans to operating rules for the House of Representatives, which would create a separate budget for K-12 education funding, provoked Enumclaw Rep. Cathy Dahlquist (R-31st District, Enumclaw) to ask, “Where has the majority party been the last 10 years?” Democrats, who are in the majority, rejected the Republican proposal to House Resolution 4608 in a 52-41 roll-call party-line vote. The proposal, known as “Fund Education First,” would have required a separat...
An ambitious effort to replace the existing I-5 bridge connecting Vancouver, Washington, to Portland and to add light rail at a projected cost of $3.l to $3.5 billion has met resistance from Washington legislators on funding, light rail extension and tolling, among other issues. Washington senators are proposing legislation this session that would eliminate the light-rail portion of the project. Departing Gov. Chris Gregoire urged Washington legislators during her State of the State Address Tuesday to continue progress on the Columbia River Cro...
