Senator Kevin Ranker says the orca population in Puget Sound is down to 83, the lowest it had ever been.
Democrat Frank Chopp has had the speaker title since 1999, and he says he’s not retiring this year.
The vast majority of the state’s tax exemptions benefit businesses.
The bill would expand an existing law that takes guns from perpetrators of domestic violence.
The bill has support from Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
More than 100 were on hand to lobby state government on issues including the welfare of indigenous women and children, and a planned liquified natural gas facility in Tacoma.
The march, which is timed to the anniversary of Roe v Wade, took place as legislators considered bills that would broaden access to abortion services.
The hearing attracted passionate testimony from both sides of the issue.
One Senate bill would prohibit internet service providers from exercising “deceptive” tactics and impairing or blocking legal web content.
