Olympia: The week in photos

Guns, lobbyists and media descend on the state capitol.

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Tom James Feb 8, 2013

Feb 8, 2013

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                <h1>Olympia: The week in photos</h1>
                <h2><p>Guns, lobbyists and media descend on the state capitol.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/thomasjamesatwork-gmail-com/">Tom James</a></p> 
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            <p>Guns, lobbyists and media descend on the state capitol.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TWIP_2-4_-_10_1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Bob Lomax looks on Friday at a rally against gun control in the capital.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TWIP_2-4_-_08.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Sally Sue Sheldon of Aberdeen, Wa, speaks Friday at a rally against gun control in the capital.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DSC_0260.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, talks to Kiro TV reporter Essex Porter Friday, Feb 7.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TWIP_2-4_-_01.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Workers assemble a tent for a healthcare lobbying event Thursday, Feb. 7 at the capitol.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TWIP_2-4_-_02.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Medical canabis lobbyist Ezra Eickmeyer is interviewed by Q13 Fox News reporter John Hopperstad Wednesday outside a packed senate Public Health committee work session. In the session the committee heard from experts about the science of marijuana-impaired driving.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TWIP_2-4_-_03.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Citizens and advocates pack a hallway the O'Brien building at the capitol during a day of popular hearings.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TWIP_2-4_-_04.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Students from Sumner, who travelled to the capitol with immigration advocacy group One America, pose for a photo with Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw Wednesday.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/TWIP_2-4_-_05.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Grayson Manweller, 2, checks out the the capitol sundial as his father Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, talks to his brother Lincoln, 3, during a brief glimpse of winter sun Thursday.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="http://crosscut.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/alison-holcomb.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></figure><p>Allison Holcomb, author of the state's legal marijuana initiative, and Rick Garza, deputy director of the liquor control board, testify at a Senate work session on marijuana-impaired driving Wednesday. Garza's agency is charged with implementing the initiative.</p>
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Guns, lobbyists and media descend on the state capitol.

Bob Lomax looks on Friday at a rally against gun control in the capital.

Sally Sue Sheldon of Aberdeen, Wa, speaks Friday at a rally against gun control in the capital.

Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, talks to Kiro TV reporter Essex Porter Friday, Feb 7.

Workers assemble a tent for a healthcare lobbying event Thursday, Feb. 7 at the capitol.

Medical canabis lobbyist Ezra Eickmeyer is interviewed by Q13 Fox News reporter John Hopperstad Wednesday outside a packed senate Public Health committee work session. In the session the committee heard from experts about the science of marijuana-impaired driving.

Citizens and advocates pack a hallway the O'Brien building at the capitol during a day of popular hearings.

Students from Sumner, who travelled to the capitol with immigration advocacy group One America, pose for a photo with Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw Wednesday.

Grayson Manweller, 2, checks out the the capitol sundial as his father Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, talks to his brother Lincoln, 3, during a brief glimpse of winter sun Thursday.

Allison Holcomb, author of the state's legal marijuana initiative, and Rick Garza, deputy director of the liquor control board, testify at a Senate work session on marijuana-impaired driving Wednesday. Garza's agency is charged with implementing the initiative.

Tom James

By Tom James

Tom James is a feature writer and photographer from Kingston, Washington, who has reported from Seattle, Olympia, Guatemala, Jordan, and the Olympic Peninsula on topics ranging from drug use in the Na

Tom James is a feature writer and photographer from Kingston, Washington, who has reported from Seattle, Olympia, Guatemala, Jordan, and the Olympic Peninsula on topics ranging from drug use in the Na