Businesses will need to pay overtime wages to more employees under a new state law that will go into effect on July 1, 2021.  The state law sets a minimum wage an employee can earn to be exempt from overtime wages.  This minimum wage will continue to increase for the next eight years when a person making less than $83,356 a year (2.5 times the minimum wage) will be required to receive overtime pay for working more than 40 hours in a week. The law does not specify what is considered “overtime pay.” (Spokesman-Review)

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says he will introduce legislation to limit ammunition magazine capacity and bans the sale of assault rifles.  Governor Jay Inslee also supports these measures which Ferguson believes will reduce mass shootings.  (YakTriNews)

King County homelessness agency’s director has been placed on administrative leave following its annual meeting, in which a nearly nude drag queen was the featured entertainment.  Kira Zylstra, All Home’s acting director was placed on leave pending an investigation.  The annual conference, which was held last weekend, brings together government and charitable organizations to discuss the region’s homelessness problem.  Those in attendance included many religious organizations including Mary’s Place, Neighborhood House, and Catholic Community Services. (C is for Crank blog)

As promised, Seattle Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez has proposed a campaign spending measure designed to limit business involvement in local elections, though it exempts from restriction donations from government employee unions.  The proposal also fails to restrict funding from out-of-state contributors (remember 40% of Kshama Sawant’s money came from out-of-state).  Thus, an individual from Eugene, OR, can have more influence in Seattle elections than a Seattle business that provides hundreds, or thousands. of jobs and pays millions in taxes.  (Seattle Times)

In a smaller example of how intolerant liberals are towards opposing views, Democrat King County Councilmember Joe McDermott tweeted that people should change ride-share companies if the driver is listening to a non-liberal radio host.  McDermott tweeted this response after an Uber rider stated they had a ride where the driver was listening to the Dori Monson show.  Not surprisingly, McDermott declined to appear on Monson’s show to discuss his views.  (MyNorthwest)

A proposal before the Tacoma City Council would fine bars, restaurants, gyms and other venues with televisions $100 a day if they do not permanently provide closed captioning on the screens.  Closed captioning would need to be on all screens as to avoid “segregated access.” (News Tribune)

The City of Bellevue is moving forward to develop a new logo for the first time in 50 years. The new logo is to reflect the new growth in Bellevue and its increasing diversity.  Cost for the new design is estimated to be between $100,000 to $150,000.  (Bellevue Reporter)

Hand recounts in a Bothell city council race confirms Mason Thompson defeated Leigh Henderson by five votes.  Because Bothell’s boundaries are within both King and Snohomish counties, hand recounts had to be conducted in both jurisdictions. (Everett Herald)

In response to the voters supporting I-976, Governor Jay Inslee stopped funding on many transportation projects, many of which do not receive funding from car tabs, such as Spokane’s North-South Freeway.  At the same time, many projects that do receive funding from car tabs continue to be financed. It is political gamesmanship, not the will of the people or promises made to taxpayers, that is currently determining Washington’s transportation funding. Just like liberal Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal suggested in his election evening snippy tweet.  (Spokesman-Review)

Responding to lawsuits, the Yakima City Council voted to remove a measure from the February ballot to create a form of government with a city-wide elected mayor. The proponents of the “strong-mayor” city government say they will continue to work on their proposal. (Yakima Herald)

Senator Brad Hawkins will introduce legislation to create a specialty license plate recognizing Washington’s leading agricultural commodity – the apple.  Fresh off the success of the Cosmic Crisp introduction, the Washington Apple Commission is proposing the license plate with proceeds going to the Washington Apple Education Program.  The plate needs 3,500 signatures to be considered.  If you would like to support this proposal, please click here. (Washington AG Network)

In a fundraising email, King County Executive Dow Constantine says, “our economy is generating unprecedented prosperity”, so why does he always call for higher taxes?  Liberals like Constantine are always looking for ways to obtain more of our tax dollars, so they can grow the size of government, and reward their friends (like public employee unions) that give Democrats like him campaign contributions.  In his latest campaign e-mail, Dow says he’ll continue demanding that the legislature – controlled, of course, by members of his own party – “get down to the business of real tax reform”, which means higher taxes for more revenue for Constantine to hand out to his friends. (Constantine campaign email)

Even though Tim Eyman has yet to raise any money for his gubernatorial campaign, the Inslee campaign uses him to coerce its donors to contribute before the Friday freeze.  Inslee also continues to use the threat that the Republican Governors Association will spend millions on the Washington State race even though organization has made no mention of financially supporting a candidate in the contest.  Maybe Inslee’s team needs to make up these “ghost enemies” since the gubernatorial campaign spent its $1.5 million bankroll in the months leading up to the launch of Inslee’s failed presidential campaign. (Inslee campaign email)

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