Friday, February 28, 2025
Reported by Albert James
Cover photo credit: TVW
Following is a production of the Washington State University (WSU) Olympia News Bureau, run by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication News Fellowship Program.
This is a report by WSU Murrow Fellowship video journalist Albert James.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY WATER TAXI We continue to shape and support legislation to help our local ferry crisis. We are asking for your support for HB1923, “The Mosquito Fleet Act”, which will provide funding for passenger transportation initiatives in San Juan County and beyond. If passed, this bill…
Tuesday, December 31, 2024by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero and Bill Lucia WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD, Olympia–New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs to people possibly exposed to HIV. These are among the changes in Washington state law set to take effect Jan. 1, 2025. Washington state lawmakers passed…
There are growing concerns that the state is shortchanging special education, while at the same time districts face rising costs for daily operations and supplies. Friday, January 24, 2025FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDby Jerry Cornfield Lawmakers have begun another hard conversation on what it may cost the state to amply fund basic education in public…
ORIGINAL: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.UPDATED: 5:25 p.m.by Jeff Noedel The “Mosquito Fleet Act” (HB 1923) has passed the Washington State House Transportation Committee by a wide margin, 20 yeas and 7 nays. All Democrats on the committee — including 40th District Rep Alex Ramel (D-Bellingham) — voted for the bill, as well…
Thursday, March 6, 2025by Jeff Noedelwith video from TVW Today at Washington State Ferries’ Colman dock in Seattle, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced his decision to restore all WSF routes — but one — to 2019 pre-pandemic levels. To accomplish that, he announced another decision to postpone the electrification of two Jumbo Mark II vessels….
Saturday, February 22, 2025by Jeff Noedel On Friday, SanJuans.Today visited the Olympia office of State Rep Chris Corry (R-15, Yakima). But Corry’s office is not in the John L. O’Brien House Office Building with most of his colleagues. Corry works from an opulent office on the third floor of the Capitol building, with high ceilings…
Maybe Ferguson and his predecessor Inslee shouldn’t have spent all the COVID funds Washington State received from the federal government (10.9 Billion dollars), on “pet projects” like fishing net removal in the Snake River………and lining their buddies pockets while doing it. Maybe Ferguson and his predecessor Inslee shouldn’t have shut down business 5 years ago, and fired State employees 4 years ago. Ferguson and Inslee caused this with their bad policies.