TVW Coverage - March 11, 2025

It’s day 58 of the 105-day 2025 legislative session. Home stretch for floor action in House and Senate, as a Wednesday 5pm floor deadline looms. Senate Republicans hold a news conference to roll out a proposed state operating budget. The WA Supreme Court hears cases, as do two of the three state courts of appeals. And more.

9am Senate Republican News Conference: Senate Republicans roll out a proposed no-new-taxes state operating budget.

Floor debates – the links below are good live, and afterward in our archive:

House…

9am

1:30pm

5pm

Senate…

10am

1:30pm

5pm

You can also watch live only via our House and Senate channel livestreams…

House

Senate

House and Senate floor calendars:

House

Senate

The WA State Supreme Court hears 2 cases today…

9am State of Washington v. Turner Lee Calloway: Is Washington’s felony harassment statute facially unconstitutional? Was the instructional error in this case harmless?

10am State of Washington v. Lola Felipa Luna: RCW 13.40.740 was enacted between a juvenile’s arrest and trial. Does it apply to exclude evidence of her interrogation?

State Board coverage…

9am Salmon Recovery Funding Board: Salmon recovery management report, Intensively Monitored Watershed Program, Spokane Lead Entity Project, possible riparian funding options, mid-Columbia region presentation, State of the Salmon Report, more.

10am WA State Liquor and Cannabis Board: Legislative update, policy/rules teams updates, board efficiencies, more.

Courts of Appeals…

9am Division 3/Spokane:

Richard and Shannon Eggleston v. Asotin County et al: Whether the Court of Appeals should affirm the jury award of $1.8 million in damages to the Egglestons.

State of Washington v. Kenneth Joseph Nelson: Whether the trial court violated CrR 3.3 by failing to set a trial date at arraignment.?

9:30am Division 1/Seattle:

State of Washington v. Michael Lee Dudley: Dudley appeals his conviction of two counts of intentional second degree murder with firearm enhancements.?Dudley argues the trial court erred by denying his CrR 8.3 motion to dismiss, by denying his motion to suppress cell phone location evidence, and by granting the exclusion of other suspect evidence.?Dudley also asserts prosecutorial misconduct and improper comment by the State, and seeks to strike certain legal financial obligations.

Personal Restraint Petition of Navin A Milko: Milko filed a personal restraint petition asserting ten grounds for relief.?Thereafter, Milko filed a?supplemental brief claiming insufficient evidence, an offender score error, and that his exceptional sentence (based in part on his out-of-state convictions) is unlawful.

State of Washington v. Aeurlious E. Drayton: Drayton appeals his convictions and sentences for attempted human trafficking in the second degree, rape of a child in the second degree, and promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor.?

Moore Trust, et al. v. Glenn Wiley Grubbs III and Tamara McMillan: This matter concerns a property boundary dispute between Moore and Grubbs/McMillan, which resolved on summary judgment.?