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Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>* The Washington House approved (97-1) the Senate's slight tweaks to a bill by Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-Seattle, to seal juvenile records on most crimes. Until now, a person could seek to seal his or her juvenile file on a case-by-case basis, but the criteria for sealing have become</p></h2>
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            <ul><li>The Washington House approved (97-1) the Senate's slight tweaks to a bill by Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-Seattle, to seal juvenile records on most crimes. Until now, a person could seek to seal his or her juvenile file on a case-by-case basis, but the criteria for sealing have become stricter over the years. Kagi's bill automatically seals most non-violent juvenile files when the person becomes 18. The exceptions in Kagi's bill include sex crimes, serious violent crimes and drug dealing. The bill is estimated to affect about 6,000 people annually. — J.S.</li><li>Sen. Mike Baumgartner, R-Spokane, wants the Legislature to order an annual regular season basketball game between the University of Washington and Gonzaga University University. He introduced a bill Tuesday to make that game a law starting in the 2014-2015 season. "The legislature further finds that no rivalry in college sports history is as exciting and competitive as the battles between our state's two premier basketball teams, the Gonzaga University Bulldogs and the University of Washington Huskies," reads Baumgartner's bill, which also discounts the classic Ohio State-Michigan, Alabama-Auburn, Oregon-Oregon State matchups and, of course, the Apple Cup. — J.S.</li><li><em>Update 7:30 p.m. </em> On a 36-13 vote Tuesday, the Washington Senate passed <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6430&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">a bill</a> that would create a group to study high-tech research-and-development tax incentives. The study would be finished by Dec. 1. This is a revision from a bill originally intended to renew a high-tech research-and-development business-and-occupation tax break, which is set to expire in 2015. A joint legislative committee on tax exemptions earlier concluded that this tax break has not created new jobs in recent years. Some Senate Democrats objected to the creating the work group, arguing it is too stacked with representatives from the R&amp;D community, who would have incentives to create new tax breaks. The bill now goes to the House. — J.S.</li></ul>
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The Washington House approved (97-1) the Senate's slight tweaks to a bill by Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-Seattle, to seal juvenile records on most crimes. Until now, a person could seek to seal his or her juvenile file on a case-by-case basis, but the criteria for sealing have become stricter over the years. Kagi's bill automatically seals most non-violent juvenile files when the person becomes 18. The exceptions in Kagi's bill include sex crimes, serious violent crimes and drug dealing. The bill is estimated to affect about 6,000 people annually. — J.S.
Sen. Mike Baumgartner, R-Spokane, wants the Legislature to order an annual regular season basketball game between the University of Washington and Gonzaga University University. He introduced a bill Tuesday to make that game a law starting in the 2014-2015 season. "The legislature further finds that no rivalry in college sports history is as exciting and competitive as the battles between our state's two premier basketball teams, the Gonzaga University Bulldogs and the University of Washington Huskies," reads Baumgartner's bill, which also discounts the classic Ohio State-Michigan, Alabama-Auburn, Oregon-Oregon State matchups and, of course, the Apple Cup. — J.S.
Update 7:30 p.m. On a 36-13 vote Tuesday, the Washington Senate passed a bill that would create a group to study high-tech research-and-development tax incentives. The study would be finished by Dec. 1. This is a revision from a bill originally intended to renew a high-tech research-and-development business-and-occupation tax break, which is set to expire in 2015. A joint legislative committee on tax exemptions earlier concluded that this tax break has not created new jobs in recent years. Some Senate Democrats objected to the creating the work group, arguing it is too stacked with representatives from the R&D community, who would have incentives to create new tax breaks. The bill now goes to the House. — J.S.

Joe Copeland

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi