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A coffee chat with State Sen. Jesse Salomon
September 20, 2025
Washington State Sen. Jesse Salomon sat down to talk about the 2025 legislative session over cup of coffee at the Drumlin espresso bar in Ridgecrest.
Salomon was first elected to the Senate in 2018 and was appointed by the Senate Democratic Caucus to chair the Local Government Committee...READ MORE
Religious freedom must be maintained during protests
April 9, 2025
It’s another one of those pieces of legislation that sailed through one chamber in Olympia only to die without a vote in the other.
In this instance, the issue revolved around creating a new offense for interfering with a place of worship or disrupting religious services...READ MORE
State lawmaker seeks ban in new shot at algorithmic pricing
January 27, 2025
Lawmakers in Washington state are the latest to take a shot at algorithmic pricing as an anticompetitive business practice with a bill to ban landlords from using software that compiles data from their operations and other sources to get automated recommendations on what rental rates to charge...READ MORE
The Race for All-Powerful Pot
January 25, 2025
At Stiiizy, the best-selling cannabis brand in America, the goal is explicit: producing powerful and cheap marijuana.
Inside its Los Angeles headquarters, crews dust joints with concentrated THC, the intoxicating component of cannabis. They package pocket-size vape cartridges that promise “the highest potency possible.” On its website, the company declares...READ MORE
Edmonds man helps push through state bill requiring closed-captions in public spaces
June 3, 2021
It isn’t easy to get a Washington State Senate bill passed, but that’s just what Dean Olson of Edmonds did. Senate Bill 5027 — requiring closed-captions on televisions in all places of public accommodation in Washington state –was unanimously adopted...READ MORE