Friday, February 12, 2016

THE OLYMPIA DIGEST: NEWS FROM WASHINGTON ACCESS, and OTHER STATE NEWS

Statement from Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling staying the EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Gov. Jay Inslee statement regarding REC Silicon in Moses Lake


AG: Moneygram to pay $13M over wire scam complaints  


SEIU 925 to pay nearly $32,000 after AG lawsuit over campaign finance reporting deficiencies


AG responds to defendants’ filing in Arlene’s Flowers case


Okanogan County’s shoreline plan open for comments


Air quality worsens, prompts Kittitas Co. Stage 2 burn ban
Stage 1 burn ban extended through Sunday in Okanogan County


Comments sought on Pasco's shoreline program


M.A. Leonard named Chair of Affordable Housing Advisory Board
New chair will focus on linking affordable housing systems and homeless services, and coordination of state efforts to meet the state’s demand for affordable housing


Salmon season closes Feb. 22 in Marine Area 6 (East of Juan de Fuca Strait)


Revenue’s risk management program earns national praise


AG files $400K, first-of-its-kind criminal tax theft case against Bellevue restaurant owner


Continued growth in state's taxable retail sales – 7.8 percent increase


Public invited to Puget Sound Gateway open houses


Eastbound I-90 across Lake Washington reduced to one lane for construction Feb. 19-22


Rail safety regulators adopt rules to address oil train safety


State regulators approve rules improving party bus safety


Other state news headlines...
Animal advocates: Donkey basketball Saturday in Ferndale is cruel---BELLINGHAM HERALD

Halfway-house operator held on drug-trafficking charges--EVERETT HERALD


Fake Founding Fathers quotes make their way into gun bill at Capitol---THE OLYMPIAN



DAILY DEVOTIONAL
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13: 6-7 NKJV