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Bonds raise taxes for building and maintenance. While the proposal faces hurdles, there is a precedent — school levies needed 60% approval until 2007.

‘You don’t want to stop innovation. You don’t want to stop commerce. But you don’t want to stop people’s civil rights.’

On the agenda starting Jan. 8: Spending Washington’s carbon tax, tweaking the cap-and-invest program and taking a stab at utility rebates.

Even oil companies not participating in the state’s new carbon auction system are pumping up the cost to the consumer.

Oregon and Montana have offered tuition assistance for American Indian/Alaska Native students, but similar proposals have stalled in Washington.

Waste flushed into Puget Sound harms fish and marine life. A nutrient pricing system — like WA’s cap-and-trade program — may curb pollution.

Critics say that eliminating local control of the 10 populations in favor of a statewide plan could threaten Native treaty rights.

Already facing a $100M deficit, the Pullman-based sports program is now searching for a new conference to keep TV revenue rolling in.

Advocacy organization Let’s Go Washington is gathering signatures on six policy-related petitions that it wants to bring to the Legislature.

Part of the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the path converts abandoned rail lines and links King County to the Idaho border.