OLYMPIA – The prospects for a new medical school operated by Washington State University took a step forward late Friday evening as a key c committee approved a bill that would change law to make that possible.
OLYMPIA -- Family members could be notified when a person who had guns seized by police has those weapons returned, under a bill approved unanimously by the Senate this morning.
OLYMPIA -- Keeping a pet in a hot car could get the owner a $125 fine, and first responders would be allowed to free the animal without facing certain liabilities under a bill approved by the Senate today.
OLYMPIA -- The Senate is likely to vote on proposals to raise the state's gasoline tax, a Republican version that includes changes in transportation policy their caucus says are needed reforms and a Democratic alternative without those changes that caucus refers to as a "clean" proposal.