WA State House Democrats
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The official account for Washington State's House of Representatives Democratic Caucus (not the Democrats in Congress) #waleg
Washington state gun law could be rewritten after Seattle Center shooting; 💉 WA childhood vaccine rules not changing, state health leaders say; 🔥 WA fire season already third-worst in decades; 🧯 1,125 square miles burn - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
🔥Climate change is fueling wildfire risk — and anxiety; U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bellevue group’s challenge of AR-15 bans; Trump deportations cost taxpayers $2,358 each - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
📉 Crime drops across every major category in Washington; 🌫️🔥 Smoke, heat headed for Western Washington as wildfires grow to the east and north; 🗳️🔒 Local elections offices increase security to manage threats - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
🔥🏠 Old Trails destroys 640 structures as ‘potential for lives to be lost’ remains; 🌲🔥 As Spokane burns, wildfires erupt across WA, amid a parched forecast; 🚗🧊 WA driver data still used in ICE arrests, UW report shows - Daily E-Clips More: housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
⚖️ Feds demand WA revise student policies on privacy, transgender rights 🏳️⚧️📚; ⛽ Controversial Central WA gas power plant for data centers canceled amid activist backlash 🚫; ⚡ WA AG Nick Brown fights back against PSE's proposed rate hikes | Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
🚨 ICE’s new detention center contracts declare state laws “shall not apply” 🛣️ WA to offer first-ever toll discount for lower-income motorists 💠15-year-old arrested in Seattle food festival shooting was armed with a ghost gun, police say 📰 Daily E-Clips: housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
🏆 WA stops slide in ranking of best states, remains in Top 10; 🚨 Seattle faces criticism for delaying information about Sunday's shooting; 🏥 Why WA's certification process for home care aides is getting bogged down - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
🚨 Mass shooting at Seattle Center leaves 3 dead, toddler wounded; 🚗 WA has blocked over 100,000 federal attempts to access license plate data; ⚠️ Parents worry WA developmental disabilities program is about to get axed 📰 Today’s Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
⚖️ WA sets another record with growing lawsuit costs 🍷🏗️🏒 Trump's latest tariffs hit wine, cement & hockey sticks 💔 The Colville Tribes are grieving thousands of acres of sacred land lost in a raging wildfire 📰 Daily E-Clips: housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
SNAP enrollment dropped by 33,000 in WA. Here’s what local food banks are seeing; Prices in Seattle have risen among the most in the nation, according to federal data; Inside One of 18 Data Centers Operating in Tukwila Industrial Park - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
More states try to give patients relief from medical debt; After damning audit, officials yank most funding from King County Regional Homelessness Authority; Pioneer Square is booming during World Cup. Seattle’s CID, not so much. - Today's E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
US Supreme Court deals blow to Trump, ruling states can accept ballots after Election Day; State-funded pre-k program grows by 2,500 slots ahead of new school year; Capital gains tax surge eases but doesn’t solve WA budget woes - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
🚼 WA child welfare deaths drop significantly after record year; 💊 With Oregon precedent, lawmakers reflect on anti-corporate medicine legislation in WA; 📬 States that won’t obey Trump order will have their mail ballots halted - Today's E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
Postal Service skips hearing with WA lawmakers on mail-in ballot rules; Medicare AI program made them suffer in pain. Now they want answers; Findings expected by year-end in state investigation into Longview tank implosion - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
Ferguson’s call for school cellphone ban has a familiar ring to it in Olympia; WA first-time homebuyer program passes loan milestone as federal probe continues; WA Supreme Court upholds $35M fine against Meta - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
WA’s vote-by-mail elections could be reshaped by Trump-backed changes; One dead, at least 15 homes lost in Upriver fire; More Americans are hungry in the face of federal cuts, rising grocery prices - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
Spokane County wildfire: Here’s what we know; More Washington kids are uninsured as child well-being slips; To boost social worker diversity, should WA reconsider its exam? - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
Washington wildfire season underway with first “critical” fire weather day Tuesday east of Cascades; $11M in federal aid for WA flood victims handed out as deadline passes; Vote to appoint Pierce sheriff, end Swank’s term early goes to the ballot. #waleg housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
Are wealthy WA residents really mulling out-of-state moves due to new tax?; Nearly half of adults struggled to afford healthcare last year, survey finds; ‘We see we’re not alone.’ Seattle’s Mexican community celebrates World Cup, amid a turbulent time. #waleg housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
WA’s controversial new drug pricing law upheld amid legal challenge; New state law restricting e-bikes use by kids goes into effect on June 10; Data centers are surging. A WA lab has advice on making them more responsible - #waleg housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
New WA law seeking to protect immigrant workers takes effect this week; School cellphone ban proposed by WA governor, superintendent; Safety ahead of World Cup: privacy concerns mount over CCTV cameras - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
Federal lab cuts could hamper fire forecasting efforts🔥; Why AG Nick Brown wants the Supreme Court involved in WA’s redistricting fight; Pride celebrations across WA start this month, including flag at state Capitol - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
‘This place, I love it.’ Meet the LGBTQ+ people leaving red states for WA; What is cychlorphine? Synthetic opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl popping up in multiple states; Republicans push $70B for immigration enforcement, no limits on ICE - E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-...
WA mail-in voting would change this year under proposed USPS rule, officials say; Ocean observatories go dark off Pacific Northwest coast; Feds say they have way to clean up nuclear waste site faster. WA is skeptical - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
How does WA’s economy compare to other states? New ranking shows where we stand; WA industrial spill leaves hundreds more fish dead; As businesses prep for the World Cup, some ask how many fans will show up - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
Battles over energy projects are erupting across Western WA; Menopausal, perimenopausal women to get new workplace support in WA executive order; Nearly half of King County households don’t have AC - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
Where Affordable Care Act insurance coverage has dropped most in WA; Final 2 victims recovered from site of southwest WA mill implosion; Their families helped the US fight a ‘secret war’ against communism in Laos. Now ICE is deporting them - E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
Sound Transit board shelves Ballard extension, saves South Seattle stations; ‘Light rail to nowhere’? Surging costs undercut I-5 bridge transit plan; 6 victims recovered from site of Longview chemical tank failure - Today's Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
Confirmed death toll rises to 2 from chemical tank blast in southwest WA; Longview paper mill disaster could be ‘deadliest industrial tragedy in modern WA history,’ governor says; Ferguson vows to veto any expansion of WA ‘millionaires tax’ - E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg
1 dead, 9 missing, 9 injured at Nippon implosion in Longview; What we know about the fatal Longview chemical implosion; Corrosive chemicals hamper recovery efforts at Longview industrial site; 9 still unaccounted for after tank rupture - Daily E-Clips housedemocrats.wa.gov/media/daily-... #waleg