FEBRUARY 13: State Sen. Ed Murray, an openly gay legislator speaks before Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire signs marriage equality legislation February 13, 2012 at the state capitol in Olympia, Washington. Washington state is the seventh state to legalize same sex marriage, however, before the law will go into effect it will most likely need to survive voter initiatives that would overturn it.
Category: Olympia, WA
Legislative leadership offers early session outlines
Democratic State Representatives Kristine Lytton and Pat Sullivan join their Senate counterparts Sens. Sharon Nelson and Chrisitne Rolfes for a Jan. 17 press availability to discuss the status of early legislation in the 2017 Legislative Session in Olympia while Republican legislators Senators Curtis King and Mark Miloscia along with Rep. J.T. Wilcox and Rep. Shelly Short joined Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler for their party’s overview on education funding later on Tuesday. Thurston County Commissioners John Hutchings and Gary Edwards take their oaths of office during a ceremony at South Puget Sound Community College on Dec. 28, 2016.
Education money: Battle for billions begins in Legislature
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during the annual AP Legislative Preview, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, left, speaks as Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island, listens at right during the annual AP Legislative Preview, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash.
a Faithless electorsa in Washington face $1,000 fines
Democratic electors Phillip Tyler, left, and Esther John fill out their ballots with ceremonial plastic “quill” pens during a meeting of Washington state’s Electoral College Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, in Olympia, Wash. For the first time in four decades, members of the Electoral College in Washington state broke from the state’s popular vote for president, with four electors casting their votes for candidates other than Democrat Hillary Clinton.