The Senate today unanimously passed its version of the 2025-27 state supplemental capital budget. Republicans who helped develop the spending plan applauded it for addressing needs across Washington. “Our supplemental budget complements the two-year capital budget enacted by the Legislature last year by spending money in a responsible manner while...

Two months after the state’s controversial release of the late Kevin Coe, the “South Hill Rapist” who terrorized Spokane before his arrest and conviction in the early 1980s, state Sen. Mark Schoesler has filed a bipartisan bill that would make it harder to release serial rapists. “Kevin Coe was one...

State Sen. Mark Schoesler says he is outraged that the state might release Kevin Coe, the “South Hill Rapist” who terrorized Spokane before his arrest and conviction in the early 1980s. “Kevin Coe is one of the most dangerous and infamous criminals in our state’s history,” said Schoesler, R-Ritzville. “He...