John Stang is a longtime Pacific Northwest reporter. He is a jack-of-all-trades freelancer with expertise in a variety of topics, including the Hanford nuclear reservation, state government, the environment, science and crime.
By John Stang for TCAJOBBenton and Franklin counties could find their bans and moratoriums on selling retail marijuana revoked in 2017.Just before the end of the 2016 legislative session, Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw, and Rep. Cary Condotta, R-East Wenatchee, introduced a bill to require counties and cities to lift their...
By John Stang for TCAJOBThe Washington Legislature’s business agenda this session does not target Main Street very much.Instead, the biggest bills currently going through the Legislature’s business committees tackle marijuana and the high-tech world — reflecting how Washington’s business world has expanded and evolved in recent years.In fact, the Legislature...
By John Stang for TCAJOBRoughly 4,200 Washington businesses are owed workers unemployment insurance refunds by the state — and the computer glitches causing that delay probably won’t be fixed until June.That’s what Lisa Marsh, deputy commissioner of the Washington Employment Security Division told the state Senate Commerce & Labor Committee...
By John Stang for TCAJOBState Sen. Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, plans to renew her efforts in the upcoming legislative session to make Hanford a potential site to manufacture small modular reactors.Last year, Brown got a bill passed that ordered the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council study potential sites for individual...