Governor Inslee’s office was evacuated after a woman left a suitcase in his office in the Capitol building. “She dropped it off, said, ‘This is for the governor,’ and ran out,” said State Patrol spokesman Kyle Moore. It was later determined that the suitcase was not a threat. (The Seattle Times)

Delvonn Heckard, who earlier this year accused Ed Murray of raping and molesting him as a teenager, refiled a legal case against Seattle’s former mayor. Heckard blames the city for enabling Murray to use his political office to slander himself and other alleged victims. (The Seattle Times)

A State Senate committee concluded that Sound Transit misled lawmakers before they voted in 2015 to give the agency permission to put the Sound Transit 3 package of tax increases and light-rail expansion on the ballot. The Senate Law and Justice Committee, chaired by Sen. Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley), also concluded that the legislation giving Sound Transit its new taxing authority was unconstitutional. (The News Tribune)

The City of Vancouver could be missing out on around $4 million in sales tax revenue due to Washington State residents keeping their Oregon driver’s licenses and opting out of sales tax at the register. “This ($4 million) would be in addition to the estimated $318,000 that the city is losing in license fee tab revenues from the same population group,” said Natasha Ramras, Vancouver’s Deputy Finance Director.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has a new manager. Yesterday it was announced that Brian Vance will manage the office. The office oversees the nuclear waste kept in 177 giant underground storage tanks.

Washington State University is set to see a sizable decrease in spending for fiscal year 2018. University President Kirk Schulz declared budget cuts that would see each department at all five of WSU’s campuses reduce spending by 2.5 percent.

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