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WA Republican lawmakers weigh in on press credential controversy

(The Center Square) – Two Republican Congressmen are pressuring state House leaders to reconsider their decision to deny media credentials to several journalists, claiming that it violates their First Amendment rights. The Center Square recently reported that the Citizen Action Defense Fund threatened the state with a lawsuit after it denied a press pass to radio talk show host Ari Hoffman. Press passes have also been denied to journalist Jonathan Choe and Brandi Kruse, who

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Op-Ed: ‘Initiative Killer’ on the loose: Bill squelches a cherished right

Last month, I found myself in a committee hearing room in Olympia, listening to a panel of labor-union officials testify in favor of sharp restrictions on initiative signature drives. They said paying canvassers by the signature gives them an incentive to forge people’s names. Then I asked a simple question: Could they identify a single case of fraud in this state over the last 13 years? A representative of the state teachers’ union accepted the

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WA bar association formally ends 10-month probe into AG Nick Brown

(The Center Square) – A review committee for the Washington State Bar Association’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel has formally dismissed a complaint against Attorney General Nick Brown following a 10-month investigation in which the bar threatened Brown with having his law license suspended. The dismissal means there can be no further appeal on the matter. Last month, The Center Square reported that a bar complaint filed last year against Brown and initially dismissed was assigned

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Public has its say at Senate hearing on controversial income tax legislation

(The Center Square) – Hundreds of people lined up Friday afternoon outside a public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means Committee at the state capitol in Olympia for a chance to testify on a proposed income tax bill introduced by majority party Democrats earlier this week. Others were there to hear what proponents and opponents of Senate Bill 6346, a 9.9% tax on income over $1 million, had to say at the 1:30 p.m.

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