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As the 2026 General Election gets under way, early voting begins October 16 when ballots are mailed to registered voters, and ...

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The unpredictable nature of the current economic situation understandably creates anxiety for residents and business owners in Washington communities, as well as for local governments. As the cost of ...

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This year, there were only three noteworthy bills relevant for many local governments, and we ended up covering them in ...

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SB 5156 directs the State Building Code Council to consider elevator safety standards and adopt standards for smaller elevators in certain apartment buildings. SB 5552 requires the State Building Code ...

Editor's note: This blog has been update to clarify that SB 6110 does not create a definition for e-motos or assign e-motos a classification in existing vehicle taxonomy. Local examples of e-moto ...