OLYMPIA -- Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was among law enforcement brass who told said they should be allowed to fire an officer who lies without fear of being overruled by an arbitrator.Kirkpatrick joined sheriffs from King and Chelan counties who supported SB 6590, which…
OLYMPIA -- A proposal to ban certain semi-automatic firearms was praised by the mother of a shooting victim and a city police chief, but roundly panned by gun-rights activists.The proposal, SB 6396, which would ban weapons commonly called "military style assault weapons" once covered by…
OLYMPIA -- Senate Democrats announce their "jobs" program this afternoon, which will lay out how they plan to help the state out of the recession.Landscape professionals, who may have some concerns about bans on phosphorus in lawn fertilizer, are lobbying legislators; so are state troopers.…
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