That third key deadline passed on Wednesday, which required bills to pass off the House or Senate floor so they could start getting committee hearings in the opposite chamber.Much could still go...

An average of five Washington residents were still dying every day from COVID-19 as recently as late January, according to state health data. The nation is experiencing about 2,200 deaths per week...

Created in 2007, the Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee reviews exemptions to the state transparency law and recommends changes or repeals to exemptions that may be no longer necessary.But at Tuesday’s meeting...

The way Washington lawmakers are refusing to share the content of their own emails, texts and memos – despite a state law requiring their disclosure – is not a new concept. When...

In Olympia, early February is often when the hopes of lawmakers and advocates start to be dashed, as bills that can’t get a public hearing and committee vote are generally set aside....

But the bill has a long way to go before it can become law, and lawmakers remain sharply divided over how Washington should treat drug use and treatment.Legislators have remained split over...

Crosscut is still reviewing a thousand pages of Senate documents obtained Friday afternoon via records requests related to the Senate’s use in 2022 of “legislative privilege.”While Republicans such as Braun have defended...

Lifting their privilegeLast month, Crosscut requested copies of all Senate records in 2022 in which legislators had redacted documents citing “legislative privilege.” The redacted documents released to Crosscut Friday include blacked-out emails...