What About Bob?, Neon Electric Violins, a 3 year iPhone master…oh, and Online Education. This episode of Get Free has it all!

Choice? Or no choice? House Bill 2330, sponsored by 33 House Democrats, and Senate Bill 6185, sponsored by 13 Senate Democrats, would force insurance carriers to include abortion coverage in any policy that also includes maternity coverage. Bottom line: these legislators do not believe that...Read more here

Right now, there’s a deadline—8 days before an election—for a person to register to vote and cast a ballot in that election. That gives auditors time to verify identities and complete the registration process before the vote counting begins. This legislation would allow voters to register...Read more here

The Freedom Foundation’s iLearn Project is showing the way forward for Washington’s students. In the world of the smart phone and the iPad, it’s unconscionable that we continue doing school like we did in the 1950s. We can do better, and a recent iLearn event helped legislators catch that...Read more here

HB 2203 would make registering to vote automatic when a person gets a driver’s license, even though Washington state issues licenses to many people (including legal and illegal immigrants). A person would have to choose to opt out, or they’d be registered, whether they realized it or...Read more here

Should new neighbors have the power to shut down a long-established shooting range? Some legislators say “No way,” and they’ve introduced House Bill 1508 to protect shooters and their ranges from regulations or lawsuits that threaten them.

Suddenly, after seven years in office, Gov. Gregoire has determined that changing the states marriage laws is an immediate moral imperative. Why?

What are the top three topics for the legislative session that began this week? Elections are a big one, with redistricting (that only happens every ten years) and every house member and half the state senate up for re-election in the fall. The budget is a close and not unrelated...Read more here

With the budget deficit looming, what will the state of WA do? We analyze what your legislator is doing and tell you how you can get informed and stay involved.

On Monday, January 9, the Washington State Legislature begins a 60-day session. They are returning from an unusually short break owing to their special budget-fixing session that ended with a whimper in December. After adopting a few cuts and copious gimmicks last month, legislators still...Read more here