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Voters passed Initiative 2066 in November, but opponents, including King County and the city of Seattle, allege it violates the state constitution.

Mayor Lisa Brown is calling for another study to assess the risks of transporting 2,000 gallons of radioactive liquid from Hanford to Utah and Texas via I-90.

On holiday tables around the state, pumpkin pie sits beside Chinese egg tarts and the bird is served with a side of jollof rice. 

“All that living experience is now in Olympia, and that’s something we don’t typically see in an elected position,” said Rep. Julio Cortes.

The small modular reactor could reestablish nuclear power as an alternative energy source, with the Washington-based company as its biggest investor.

The Heritage Foundation’s blueprint proposes reclassifying radioactive waste as something less dangerous so it can be disposed of more cheaply.

The tax on investment sales earnings affects only .2% of residents, but proponents of I-2109 say it is the first step toward state income tax.

“There’s this firehose of firearms that are coming into our communities,” said Ryan Disch-Guzman, chief of staff at the Alliance for Gun Responsibility.

The cap-and-trade program, which 2117 aims to repeal, has been blamed for rising fuel costs, but gas prices have gone up and down since its inception.

Opponents call the ballot measure “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” designed to destroy the program, since enough people dropping out could make it insolvent.