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Oregon lawmakers wrestle with DACA and drivers’ licenses
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's Legislature is grappling with a bill allowing DACA recipients - people brought into America illegally when they were children - to obtain or renew drivers' licenses for two years while President Donald Trump and Congress figure out an immigration policy...
Washington coalition to push carbon-pricing ballot measure
SEATTLE (AP) - A coalition of environmental, social justice and other groups are moving forward with plans to bring a carbon-pricing ballot measure to Washington voters in November.
Aiko Schaefer says the groups plan to file a proposed carbon-pricing initiative with the secretary of state on Friday...
Gov. Inslee vetoes legislative exemption bill
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has vetoed a bill that sought to exempt Washington lawmakers from the state's Public Records Act, and legislators agreed to not take another vote to override his action.
Thursday night's agreement came hours before the measure - contested by media groups and open government advocates - would have become law...
Legislature approves charter students in extracurriculars
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Charter and home school students will be able to attend music programs and other extra-curricular activities at regular schools in Oregon, following a move by the Legislature.
Both the House and Senate have approved a proposal to allow students in all grades to attend extra-curricular activities, including speech and music programs, at state schools...
Washington state’s carbon tax bill dies in Legislature
SEATTLE (AP) - Another ambitious effort to pass a carbon tax in Washington state has faltered as both Gov. Jay Inslee and the bill's prime sponsor conceded Thursday that there weren't enough votes to pass the measure out of the state Senate...
Washington governor weighs legislative records veto
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is still weighing whether or not to veto a bill hastily passed by the Washington Legislature last week that circumvents a recent court ruling that found state lawmakers are fully subject to the state's voter-approved Public Records Act...
Legislature OKs bill banning chemicals in food packaging
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Legislature has approved a measure that would ban certain toxic chemicals from paper food packaging if state regulators identify safer alternatives.
The Senate passed House Bill 2658 late Wednesday on a 30-17 vote and it now goes to Gov...
Wine grape harvest last year down 16 percent from 2016
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The wine grape harvest in Washington state last year totaled 227,000 tons, down 16 percent from 2016.
Washington State Wine's annual Grape Crush Report showed that the 2017 harvest was slightly larger than the 2015 harvest...
Kroger joins other big retailers, tightens gun restrictions
Kroger is raising the minimum age to buy guns at its Fred Meyer stores, the third major retailer to place restrictions on gun sales that exceed federal law.
Like Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods a day earlier, Kroger says it will immediately limit gun and ammunition sales to people 21 and older...
Police look to identity homeless man found dead at park
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Authorities are working to identify a homeless man found dead at a Washington park.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Yakima police found the man around 9 a.m. Wednesday near the Kiwanis Park baseball fields. Police say there was no sign of foul play...