Those who live in Southwest Washington know all too well that the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Columbia River at Vancouver needs to be replaced. In truth, it has needed replacement for years. When lawmakers debated a new bridge 13 years ago, the estimated cost was...
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTE MAKES SENATE BILL 5174 WORSE The bill that would more tightly regulate wood-burning stoves not only passed out of the Senate's Environment, Energy and Technology Committee today. It did so with an amendment that makes the bill worse. The...
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https://judywarnick.src.wastateleg.org/warnick-urges-action-hirst-letter-governor/ Where does the Hirst Fix stand as of March 31 Senate Bill 5239 Press release on passage of SB 5239 Sen. Judy Warnick's testimony on the Hirst fix Sen. Shelly Short discusses...
Read more about the what the chair of the Senate's water-related committee, Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, has been doing to help rural families suffering as a result of the flawed Hirst decision. Since the regular session, Warnick who sponsored the Hirst-fix...
Legislature must find water-well solution - Spokesman Editorial The Impact "Hirst decision debated between House and Senate" - KOZI "Legislature gearing up for Hirst bill negotiations" - The Columbian "State Senate passes bill (again) aimed at solving controversy over...
In late 2016, the state Supreme Court issued a ruling resulting from a challenge to rules in Whatcom County relating to the Growth Management Act. The ruling turned decades of water law on its head by requiring local jurisdictions, such as counties, to make...
