8/22/2023... State Senator Brad Hawkins wants to hear from you. That’s why he’s hosting a 12th District listening tour. Tracy Ellis has more.
AUDIO: Senator Brad Hawkins 12th District listening tour
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SRC On Air: Sen. Brad Hawkins on KOZI Radio in Chelan
8/22/2023… Sen. Brad Hawkins on the KOZI Morning News talking about short-term rentals and affordable housing, a visit to Chelan from the chair of the Senate Local Government Committee, and his annual listening tour.
AUDIO: A gun goes to a museum for the first time in 9 years, due to Wilson legislation
8/21/2023… A 1904 antique Remington rifle is believed to be the first firearm donated to a museum in Washington in nearly a decade. Tracy Ellis tells us about this historic donation to the Cowlitz County Historical Museum.
Senate Republican Priorities for Washington
8/21/2023… Senate Republican Leader John Braun talks about Restoring Public Safety, Returning Affordability and Rebooting Education.
Could a nuclear future be on the table for Washington state?
By Rebecca Gourley | WNPA Olympia News Service OLYMPIA — Thirty years ago, construction was halted on the massive cooling towers on Fuller Hill at Satsop with hopes of a nuclear power future vanishing in the biggest financial boondoggle in state history, coining the...
$750,000 dinner bill and no food after 3 years of trying to harvest fish.
Chris Ingalls, KING 5 Investigator A Washington State prison had a novel plan to feed its 2,000 inmates: open its own fish farm to to produce a steady supply of fish for the prisoners' dinner menu. But three years and $750,000 later, the operation has not harvested a...
Ethics board fines Lt. Gov. Brad Owen $15,000
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen has reached a settlement with the Washington State Executive Ethics Board that fines him $15,000 for using state resources for his nonprofit organization Strategies For Youth. The settlement, released Friday and which Owen has agreed to, would allow...
State agency draws criticism for spending $600,000 on Tacoma workshops to boost employee performance
By Brad Shannon, August 29, 2014 A division within Washington’s biggest state agency spent $600,000 for airfare, mileage, lodging, food and guest speakers to put on educational workshops in Tacoma for about 2,160 state employees who work in welfare- and food...
Report raises questions about handling of welfare fraud tips
Chris Ingalls, KING 5 News A Department Social and Health Services internal report raises new questions about how effective the agency's fraud unit is responding to tips about welfare fraud. The May 2014 Focused Accuracy Review, obtained by the KING 5 Investigators...