politics
Gov. Inslee's budget seeks to expand voting access in WA county jails
The budget asks for more than half a million to go to helping remove barriers for people in jail who are otherwise eligible to vote.
The budget asks for more than half a million to go to helping remove barriers for people in jail who are otherwise eligible to vote.
Legislators want to amend the WA Cares program, which is designed to help people pay for nursing care.
A coalition of Yakima Valley voters says the redrawn 15th Legislative District dilutes Latino voter strength by excluding key Latino communities.
With immigration policy going nowhere, advocates and immigrants seize new ways to make progress.
The imperiled bill feels inadequate as-is to some Washington immigrants, who don't see much changing until they can get a guaranteed pathway to citizenship.