WA lawmaker’s attempt to get ethics charges dismissed rejected by ethics board

OLYMPIA [Jerry Cornfield]—A state ethics board has declined to dismiss an ethics complaint against Washington state Representative Tarra Simmons, setting the stage for the wide-ranging allegations to be contested in a public hearing next month. Simmons, a Democrat, had filed a motion asking the Legislative Ethics Board to dismiss the complaint. She contended at a hearing Wednesday that the […]