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Eye on Olympia
3:11 pm
Tue January 8, 2013

Washington "Driving While Poor" Law Prompts Changes

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The Washington Department of Licensing has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed rule changes at 3 p.m., January 9 in Olympia.
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In 2012 the Washington state Legislature passed a law that sponsors called the “driving while poor” bill. The law aims to help people who end up with suspended licenses because they failed to pay traffic tickets.

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A Community Grieves
9:20 am
Tue January 8, 2013

Northwest Korean Community Trying To Heal After Oregon Bus Crash

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By Anna King

Originally published on Tue January 8, 2013 7:54 am

The Northwest’s tight-knit Korean community continues to grieve the nine people who died in that bus crash just before New Year’s Eve in northeast Oregon. Some of the survivors have already filed a lawsuit against the tour bus company, saying the driver was too tired and going too fast.

Members of a Korean church in Bothell, Washington, are grieving one of their youth pastors. The Oregon State Police haven’t confirmed the death of nineteen-year-old Richard Sohn, but Community Church of Seattle members believe he was on the bus and has died.

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Infrastructure Funding Strategy
9:17 am
Mon January 7, 2013

Talk Of A Carbon Tax In The Northwest

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Portland General Electric's coal-fired Boardman Power Plant along the Columbia River. it's among the greenhouse gas emitters in Oregon and Washington not subject to a carbon tax. Some Northwest policy makers want to change that.
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Keeping up with transportation infrastructure isn’t cheap. The Washington State Transportation Commission estimates that in the next 20 years around 200 billion dollars needs to be put towards the maintenance of roads, ferries and more. But how to pay for that? Some are putting forward the idea of a tax on carbon emissions.

Read the whole story on KUOW’s Earthfix

Gas Tax
12:21 pm
Fri January 4, 2013

Can All The King's Horses And All The King's Men Put Washington's Roads Together Again?

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Should we increase the gas tax to fund road repair?
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Outgoing governor Chris Gregoire, the state transportation commission, and the state’s biggest business lobby are calling for an increase in the gas tax to pay for the massive backlog in road repair. Will that deal with the funding problem?

Ross talks with Steve Mullin from the Washington Roundtable, Dan O’Neil of the Washington State Transportation Commission, Rob Johnson of the Transportation Choices Coalition, and Mark Hallenbeck from the Washington State Transportation Center.

Weekend Traffic
5:38 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

I-5 Ramp Closures Start On Friday

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Aleta Borschowa, WSDOT Project Engineer
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Winter is usually not the season for road construction, but this year, things are a little different. Friday marks the start of eleven planned closures of some Interstate 5 ramps.

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