With Matt Shea out, yearly push for Eastern Washington secession gets new co-sponsors
The proposed independent state of Liberty. (KIRO 7)
For years now, Washington state Rep. Matt Shea and Rep. Bob McCaslin have made a habit of beginning the legislative session by proposing a bill that would have Eastern Washington secede from its western half. With Shea now expelled from the Republican caucus in the state Legislature, McCaslin is continuing the largely ceremonial process of proposing the bill with new co-sponsors.
Rep. Shea faced allegations of domestic terrorism in 2019, not long after he caught heat for a biblical war manifesto that Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich described as “a ‘how to’ manual consistent with the ideology and operating philosophy of the Christian Identity/Aryan Nations movement.”
OLYMPIA, Wash. (KOMO) Several Republican state lawmakers said the fence around the capitol in Olympia should come down. They claim it is keeping out people who have a right to be there. The challenge facing lawmakers is balancing COVID safety measure with public access to the legislative process. It has majority Democrats squaring off with Republicans, including a House member who had a serious run-in with COVID.
The pandemic sent students in rural Quincy, Wash. home. Now, they have 100% participation
The Grant County school district shelled out thousands of dollars a month to help their kids stay connected with remote learning. Author: Ian Smay Updated: 6:33 PM PST December 14, 2020
QUINCY, Wash. When schools across Washington had to switch to distance-learning models this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, teachers and administrators found themselves with just days to figure out how to connect with kids from a distance.
While this was difficult for most districts, the Quincy School District in Grant County saw a high number of students unable to connect with learning through either online instruction or the delivery of packets.