(The Center Square) – According to the American Automobile Association, as of Friday, Washington state drivers are paying an average of $4.67 a gallon for regular unleaded gas – 34 cents higher than a month ago, making Washington’s gas prices the third highest in the nation. The nationwide average is $3.67 a gallon. Several factors account for the Evergreen State’s painful price at the pump, including refineries switching to a more expensive blend of fuel
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Republican Party 2024 Convention saw delegates getting rowdy Friday inside the Spokane Convention Center as the morning session stretched into the scheduled lunch break. Angry supporters of gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird objected to the Candidate Committee’s report initially withdrawing the governor’s race from the endorsement process due to what was described as “late breaking information that violated the vetting standards” regarding Bird. The report of the Candidate Committee
(The Center Square) – Yakima has followed through in changing on-street downtown parking to help businesses being negatively impacted by nearby parking spaces being taken up all day. The Yakima City Council passed new rules in the form of two resolutions at Tuesday’s meeting. Both passed in a 6-1 vote. The legislation reduces parking infraction fines from $50 to $20, lowers the monthly parking permit fee from $50 per month to $20 per month for
(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is proposing “emergency legislation” to amend the Seattle Fire Code to allow the fire department to conduct demolition of unsafe vacant buildings in Seattle. Harrell’s emergency legislation comes as a result of the number of fires in vacant buildings surging in recent years. According to Harrell’s office, there were 77 vacant building fires in 2021, 91 in 2022, and 130 in 2023. Three of the 130 fires
