There’s growing bipartisan support for school safety legislation in Olympia, but legislators don’t agree on what that should look like. Following the tragic shooting at a high school in Texas, Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen) and Senator John Braun (R-Centralia) called on Governor Inslee to call a special legislative session to address school gun violence. The Alliance for Gun Responsibility, meanwhile, is pushing I-1639 to raise the purchase age for semi-automatic weapons to 21. (Washington State Wire)

Responding to Seattle’s head tax, Sen. Steve O’Ban (R-University Place) will push a tax credit to incentivize jobs in counties with high unemployment. “Washington shouldn’t lose jobs because our largest city’s tax policy punishes job growth,” O’Ban said in a press release. (Washington State Wire)

Mayor Jenny Durkan is proposing a “safe storage” gun law in Seattle, saying “With Congress in the grip of the D.C. gun lobby and too many state legislatures failing to act, our cities must lead the way.” The proposed legislation would penalize gun owners who fail to report lost or stolen guns, or if their firearms are misused by an unauthorized user. It would require locked storage, even in the home, when not “not under the control of the owner or lawfully authorized user.” (My Northwest)

The U.S. Senate’s proposed budget would restore all of the $25 million in Hanford cuts proposed by the Trump Administration. Overall the Senate budget allocates $2.4 billion for Hanford, with $1.6 billion of that going to Hanford’s Office of River Protection. (Tri-City Herald)

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