Zach Nutting and his daughter play with their two dogs in the yard of their current home, just down the road from the lot where they hope to build a new house.
Wrapped in blaze-orange scarves against a steady rain, about 300 people rallied Friday at the Capitol to urge lawmakers to do more for children who are homeless or in foster care.
For years, protecting the climate has been Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature issue. And his 2017 legislative agenda is keyed heavily to passing a tax on the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Should the state of Washington raise money for schools by taxing companies that contribute to climate change? That’s what Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is advocating.
