Happy New Year to all Capitol Update blog readers. It’s cold, wet and rainy in Olympia today which can mean only one thing — the legislative session is just around the corner.
Here’s an interesting story from David Ammons of the Associated Press and the dean of Olympia political reporters that stems from a new ranking from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University which pegs Washington State as No. 3 in the country for the percentage of women in the state Legislature.