The 12.5 billion dollar budget will set aside 5.76 billion dollars for precollegiate education, raises the basic per-pupil aid by 401 million dollars, and increases the funding for teacher s...
With Washington’s 2023 legislative session now underway, legislators are focusing on some of the state’s toughest issues, ranging from homelessness to education to data privacy. All these topics are complex and require continued attention. However, our state has a long history of collaboration,...
The Legislature argues Governor Lowry may veto only complete sections of a bill, and the Legislature has sole discretion to designate sections, citing Washington State Motorcycle Dealers Ass'n v. State,111 Wash. 2d 667,763 P.2d 442(1988) (Motorcycle Dealers). The Governor asserts the vetoed p...
Juneteenth — also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day — commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free in 1865 in Galveston, Texas, where Union soldiers brought them the news two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. In 2007, the Legislature designated J...
The Washington State Legislature has already tackled a variety of issues in 2019. But when it comes to what should be prioritized, state Senator Hans Zeiger points toward one, prevalent issue: Mental health.
he was present and signed the resolutions. Moreover, he was a leading member of the firstprovincialconvention or revolutionary legislature late that summer, and to that body he made a speech that was much praised for its pithy eloquence, declaring that “I will raise one thousand men, subsist...
United States presidential election of 1789 was an American presidential election held on February 4, 1789, in which George Washington was unanimously chosen as the first president of the United States.
The Legislature and the Legislative Process in the State of Washington. By Donald H. Webster, Ernest H. Campbell and George D. Smith Revised by Edward S. Singler. Bureau of Governmental Research and Service, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, March 1964. 31 pp. $2.00. Nat Civic Rev,...
Legislature to workto ensure every student in Washington receives a basic education. We know legislators may be ready to move on to other issues, but for 140,000 kids in Washington eligible for special-education services, waiting another few years to improve special education will be too late....
Instead of that, I'm going to keep this to the official State symbols that have been recognized and affirmed by the Washington State Legislature. We all know the apple is the official state fruit, but how many others do you already know?