Sen. McCune’s legislation (SB 6205) came for Eatonville Middle School students.

OLYMPIA – The Washington Senate is poised to approve a bill Thursday that would allow the annual growth in property taxes to triple, flouting the will of Washington voters who approved a cap on property taxes in 2001. Republican senators say they plan to raise stiff opposition when the bill...

‘Crash and grab’ robberies, where criminals use stolen cars to smash into pot shops and steal what they can, would be a more serious crime under a bill moving through the state legislature. Tracy Ellis reports.  

Students would be required to learn the history and the reasoning behind the Pledge of Allegiance in Washington public schools if SB 6205 passes in the State Legislature. If this became law, Washington school districts would be required to offer instruction in the meaning and history of the Pledge of Allegiance at...

I-2111 would enact a ban that would prohibit any level of government from imposing an income tax on the people. Voters have overwhelmingly rejected an income tax 11 times.  

State Sen. Jim McCune says it’s past time for the Legislature to address one of the more blatant signs of the escalating lawlessness in Washington: the growing epidemic of costly and even deadly crimes at marijuana retailers. The Pierce County lawmaker has introduced a measure intended to protect the state’s...

Gas prices are up 32% since Legislative Democrats and Governor Inslee enacted new taxes this year. While the rest of the country has seen gas prices come down in recent months, Washington drivers have seen the cost of gas skyrocket. According to AAA, our state’s $5.12 per gallon is $1.29 per gallon...

Legislature’s two-year experiment with weak, unenforceable laws against hard drugs brings death across the state, say members of Senate Freedom Caucus OLYMPIA – Washington state has become a national leader in drug-overdose deaths, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, and senators say credit goes...

Pierce County lawmaker says majority Democrats failed the public by rejecting sensible amendments Today, state Sen. Jim McCune voted against a compromise police-pursuit bill, after Democrats rejected three amendments the senator says would have added teeth to the bill and restored a measure of law and order to the state’s...