The Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state law does not limit the amount of groundwater that can be tapped for livestock from a permit-exempt well, upholding efforts by one of the Northwest's largest cattle feedlots to water 30,000 head of cattle in rural Eastern Washington.
Our city’s Crime Free Housing program has proven successful to the point that our Washington’s Attorney General wanted to see it up close and personal.
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna warned consumers about a text-message trap to capture financial information and drain credit card and bank accounts called “smishing.”
In a 9-0 ruling, the Washington State Supreme Court denied the City of Seattle’s request to require Attorney General Rob McKenna to withdraw Washington from the multi-state lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health care law .
Show me the money. It appears the state Attorney General has the golden ticket that could get a new gang bill passed. Rob McKenna's proposal would use money from lawsuits and fines to pay for gang prevention programs. When KIMA sat down with McKenna, he explained his new hope for meaningful gang enforcement and prevention.
More random victims caught-up in the midst of our gang problem.
The two young men were mugged and shot last night near the Taco Bell by 8th and Walnut.
These latest victims may not be the only collateral damage in Yakima's gang problem.
There's new concern the effort to beef up laws -- may simply die a slow death in Olympia.
If not now, then when? That's the question Washington's attorney general will ask state legislators when he pitches gang legislation again this session. Rob McKenna is hoping the spread of gang violence across the state will finally convince law makers to act. And he was in Yakima to kick off the campaign.
Eric Butler is interviewed for the first time about his free software that makes it easy for anyone to hijack an account from Facebook, Twitter and many other sites with just the click of a mouse.
After an execution-style shooting in a Yakima, the city is looking for answers to our gang problem. And KIMA has learned the city is saying, "we can't do this alone". We discovered past pleas for federal help have fallen on deaf ears, so Yakima is now trying to convince state lawmakers that the only way to fight gangs is with their help.
The state of Washington filed notice Thursday that it plans to appeal the recent decision in a basic education funding lawsuit to the state Supreme Court.
Campaign regulators say the state should not take legal action against former gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi, in a case alleging that he improperly lined up campaign donations.