Mitchell Roland

OLYMPIA – Advocates for gun regulations pushed for a series of reforms this week, as lawmakers again consider stricter laws to own and maintain firearms in the state.

A federal judge in Seattle issued a blistering rebuke to block President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship.

Roughly 100 abortion rights advocates rallied Wednesday on the steps of the Washington Capitol, calling on state lawmakers to take additional action to protect women’s reproductive rights amid fears the federal government could take steps to restrict the procedure.

OLYMPIA – As the City of Spokane Valley struggles to adequately staff its police force for a rising population, Councilman Rod Higgins told members of the Senate Law and Justice committee that a proposed $100 million grant program to hire law enforcement personnel would be a “great start.”

OLYMPIA – Washington and at least 23 other states are challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.

OLYMPIA – In a call for nonviolence and a more just country, Rep. Natasha Hill told her colleagues in the Washington House of Representatives that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. warned increased political violence on American streets could lead to a “rightist takeover” of the government and “a fascist state in America.”

American flags at state buildings across Washington will be raised to full staff on Monday in recognition of the presidential inauguration, with flags to return to half-staff by sunrise Tuesday in continued remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter.