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(The Center Square) – A Washington state bill would exempt certain public employee and student information from disclosure under state open records laws, a move proponents argue is necessary to protect individuals’ privacy but critics say could damage transparency. Washington state administers a Healthy Youth Survey every two years to students in sixth through twelfth grade, which asks questions regarding matter such as substance use, food consumption, physical activity and mental health. Senate Bill 6049
Even as many volunteers are taking to the cold streets to try to find and quantify the number of homeless Americans living there now, two lawsuits filed late last year in a federal District Court are blocking millions of dollars from reaching the neediest people. The first lawsuit was filed by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the second by a coalition led by Washington State’s Attorney General Nick Brown. The lawsuits seek
(The Center Square) – Majority party Democrats are moving ahead with a bill to expand the attorney general’s authority to investigate violations of state law. Senate House Bill 2161 authorizes the attorney general to “issue civil investigative demands for documents, oral testimony, and answers to interrogatories when investigating possible violations of the United States Constitution, the Washington Constitution, and other specified laws,” according to the bill digest. Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, ranking minority on the
(The Center Square) – State lawmakers heard testimony Friday on a proposal to increase Washington’s cigarette tax by 66% while amending a separate vapor tax to 95% of the products’ taxable sales price. The state already imposes a tobacco products tax, which expanded on Jan. 1 to include nearly all nicotine products except cigarettes and those approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Another tax on cigarettes adds $3.02 per pack, and a vapor
