Jim McCune

BY BENJAMIN M. ADAMS | HIGH TIMES | FEBRUARY 1, 2024 In a string of robberies, several cannabis retail shops have reported various tactics criminals have been using to get into their businesses in recent months. As these get worse, lawmakers are cranking up the punishments for people involved in such violent...

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...

As six initiatives advance to the Legislature during the current 2024 Legislative session, senators say they hope the Legislature will do its duty by taking a public vote – rather than taking no action and quietly sending them to the ballot in November. The lawmakers say a public vote would...

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.  

On Thursday, January 25, the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee held a hearing on SB-6205, Sen. Jim McCune’s measure to require school districts to offer instruction in the meaning and history of the Pledge of Allegiance. “This is a bill that was brought to me by some very bright...

Democrats changed state law in 2021 to limit the ability of police to pursue suspects. It’s forced officers to watch lawbreakers drive away and emboldened criminals to commit crimes like car theft. After the Legislature passed a relatively weak fix in 2023, more than 434,000 people signed petitions in support...

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...