Former state legislator Lorraine Wojahn died Saturday evening in Tacoma at age 92 from congestive heart failure, according to the adult care facility where she was living.
Former state legislator Lorraine Wojahn died Saturday evening in Tacoma at age 92 from congestive heart failure, according to the adult care facility where she was living.
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Wayne Capps of Sumner has long had a passion for history and working with youth. He taught history for 32 years at Olympic Junior High School in Auburn.
State Rep. Brad Klippert plans to introduce a bill during this year's legislative session to allow teachers and other school employees to carry a weapon at work.
The Kennewick Republican told the Herald on Thursday he hasn't drafted the bill yet, but he said no educator would be required to carry a firearm at school.
Klippert, a Benton County sheriff's deputy, said he wants to collaborate with recently elected state Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, who suggested similar legislation in late December.
A group representing the owners of Washington’s former state liquor stores says unfair competition is smothering their business and they want the Legislature and the Washington State Liquor Control Board to enact new rules to put them on an equal stance with larger competitors.
Voters booted Republican Dan Foley from office after a decade in the New Mexico Legislature, and within months he began collecting taxpayer-financed pension benefits - even though he was only 39 years old.
Voters booted Republican Dan Foley from office after a decade in the New Mexico Legislature, and within months he began collecting taxpayer-financed pension benefits - even though he was only 39 years old.
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