A parent of a child who’s the victim of a crime would be able to receive Crime Victims’ Compensation under a bill passed in the state Senate.

Mikaela Hobson reports.

The federal government is following the lead of state Senator Steve O’Ban and restarting a federal fish passage project in King County.

Tracy Ellis has details.

In this week’s video, Sen. Brown takes a look at the series of new and higher taxes proposed by the majority party. It’s no coincidence that the first bill of the session signed into law by Governor Inslee is SB 6492 — the Democrat’s $1 billion tax hike do-over bill. Despite continuing record revenue coming into the state, the majority has pushed for new carbon tax, higher gas taxes, and even a “low carbon fuel standard,” which is essentially an additional 57 cents per gallon gas tax with no roads to show for it!

Senator John Braun sits down with Tracy Ellis for this 20th District Legislative Update.

Sen. Zeiger talks about legislation he’s introduced to address the opioid crisis.

Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler talks about the $1 billion tax hike that recently was approved by the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate and signed into law by Gov. Inslee, even though the state has $1 billion in new revenue. Sen. Schoesler also discusses the new Senate Democratic transportation funding proposal and its flaws, including a possible carbon fee.

You may soon be able to put an apple license plate on your car.

Tracy Ellis explains.