Story Gov. Jay Inslee today named Marcus Glasper to serve as director of Washington state’s Department of Licensing (DOL). He replaces Teresa Bernsten, who retired earlier this month. Aléjandro Sanchez, DOL’s deputy director and current interim director, …
In case you missed it: Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Delaware Governor John Carney, Hawai’i Governor Josh Green, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Maryland …
Story Washington’s Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) officially launched on Feb. 1. For qualified families, this credit will provide for up to a $1,200 cash refund. Roughly 400,000 households will qualify. The application portal is now open on the state …
Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of David Puente, Jr. as the director of the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs, effective February 1, 2023. WDVA serves Washington state’s veterans and their families by connecting them to …
Story Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency proclamation on Jan. 30, 2023 related to extreme winter weather and flooding that occurred between December 18, 2022 and December 28, 2022, in Chelan, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, …
Story Gov. Jay Inslee today testified at the public hearing in support of SJR 8202, a bill that would amend Washington state’s constitution to explicitly recognize the right of all Washingtonians to reproductive freedom. "We are now in a historic …
2022 was a saga - it began with a deadly surge of COVID-19 activity and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dashing decades of hard-fought progress for reproductive freedom. In the face of constant challenges, …
Story Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of Brandon Mack to the Jefferson County Superior Court. He will replace Judge Keith Harper, who plans to retire at the end of January 2023. Mack currently serves as a full-time family law court …
Story Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of Coreen Wilson to the King County Superior Court. She replaces Judge Douglass North, who recently retired. Wilson is a civil trial lawyer with more than 20 years of courtroom experience. She is …
Story Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency proclamation today related to a series of severe autumn storms that occurred between Nov. 3 and Nov. 8 in Clallam, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Lewis, Okanogan, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, …
Story Gov. Jay Inslee visited the site of the University of Washington's new behavioral health training facility, which will offer 150 psychiatric beds and train generations of behavioral health care professionals. Inslee proposed the hospital in 2018 …
Story Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of TaTeasha Davis to the Pierce County Superior Court. She will replace Judge James R. Orlando, who is retiring December 31. Since 2020, Davis has been a member of the Indeterminate Sentence Review …
Story Below is the monthly recap of board and commission appointments made by Gov. Jay Inslee during the month of November 2022. Boards and Commissions are designed to give Washingtonians a voice in their government and allow residents to influence …
Story Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of Anne Egeler to the Thurston County Superior Court. She will replace Judge James Dixon, who is retiring on December 30, 2022. Egeler is currently a deputy prosecuting attorney with the Pierce County …
Story Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of Wyman Yip to the King County Superior Court. He replaces Judge Mafé Rajul, who left the court last month. Yip has worked for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office since 1998. Most recently …
Story Today Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of Meng Li Che to the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division Two. She will replace Judge Lisa Worswick, who is retiring at the end of this month. Since 2010, Che has worked at the Board of …
Story Gov. Jay Inslee will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt between Nov. 13 and Nov. 16. The conference is happening at a particularly critical point in time. Scientists say the planet has reached “code …
Story Below is the monthly recap of board and commission appointments made by Gov. Jay Inslee during the month of October 2022. Boards and Commissions are designed to give Washingtonians a voice in their government and allow residents to influence …
When he signed the updated state budget in March, Gov. Jay Inslee lauded legislators for making significant new investments in housing and homelessness, particularly the funding for additional services and new models of rapid housing aimed at speeding up …
Today, Gov. Jay Inslee and lawmakers announced several policy proposals that will be part of a 2023 legislative package to strengthen access and protection for patients seeking abortion and other reproductive health services. They were joined by more than …
