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  • Daylight saving all the time proposed for state

    Madeline Coats, WNPA Olympia News Bureau|Mar 20, 2019

    OLYMPIA--Washington residents could vote to make daylight saving time year-round under a bill state senators passed on Tuesday, March 12. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5139 was approved in a 46-3 vote, just two days after clocks were set forward. The measure is co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of five senators and was introduced by Sen. Jim Honeyford, R-Sunnyside. This is the third year in a row Honeyford has pitched the daylight saving bill. “With the time change, we find there’s more auto accidents, more heart attacks, more strokes and...

  • Lawmakers aim to 'ditch the switch' on daylight saving

    Madeline Coats, WNPA Olympia News Bureau|Feb 6, 2019
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    OLYMPIA — Lawmakers are pushing for a bill to allow year-round observation of daylight saving time in the state of Washington, with the intention of the practice spreading throughout the country. House Bill 1196 was co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 14 representatives and introduced by Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane. “I want to ditch the switch,” said Riccelli at a public hearing. “We’re already on daylight saving time eight months of the year.” According to the bill, the state and all of its political subdivisions would follow Paci...

  • Domestic violence offender registry could improve safety in Washington state

    Madeline Coats, WNPA, Olympia News Bureau|Jan 30, 2019

    OLYMPIA — Two lawmakers have proposed a bill to create a state domestic violence offender registry to save lives. Tina Stewart, 30, was beaten to death by her boyfriend on Nov. 24, 2017 at her home in Newman Lake. The police report indicates that she had been kicked and punched repeatedly over her body, as depicted from bruising on Stewart’s face, chest and stomach, explained her uncle, Don Estes. “I read the autopsy report,” said Estes in a testimony about his niece. “It was horrific.” House Bill 1080 is co-sponsored by Rep. Brad Klippert, R...

  • Tobacco sales to anyone under 21 could become illegal

    Madeline Coats, WNPA Olympia News Bureau|Jan 9, 2019

    A proposed law requested by State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Department of Health would raise the minimum legal age of sales for tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21. The bill, HB 1074, was co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 11 representatives and introduced by House Minority Leader Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver. HB 1074 would prohibit the purchase of tobacco and vapor products for any person under the age of 21. The current age limit is set at 18 years old. The prefiled bill intends to decrease the number of eligible buyers i...

  • Tobacco sales to anyone under 21 could become illegal

    Madeline Coats, WNPA Olympia News Bureau|Jan 9, 2019

    A proposed law requested by State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Department of Health would raise the minimum legal age of sales for tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21. The bill, HB 1074, was co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 11 representatives and introduced by House Minority Leader Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver. HB 1074 would prohibit the purchase of tobacco and vapor products for any person under the age of 21. The current age limit is set at 18 years old. The prefiled bill intends to decrease the number of eligible buyers i...