State Rep. Travis Couture, an Allyn Republican and ranking Republican on the committee, said in a Wednesday news release that ...

Republican lawmakers walked out of a committee meeting in the Washington Legislature on Wednesday to protest approval of a bill that would close a residential center for people with intellectual and d ...

Substitute Senate Bill 5393 aims to close Rainier School, a residential habilitation center in Buckley, by June 30, 2027. It ...

Washington lawmakers are considering whether to close the two residential habilitation centers that are home to people with ...

Several members of the House Appropriations Committee staged a walkout during a hearing Wednesday, April 23 in protest of ...

A Senate bill originally called for the closure of the Rainier School and the Yakima Valley School in Selah, but now would ...

It was organized in part by the Washington Federation of State ... With more than 700 workers, Rainier School is the city of Buckley's largest employer. "As a person of service, I don't really ...

About 40 or 50 people went to the “Save Rainier School” town hall at the Buckley Fire station, 611 South Division St. The Washington Federation of State Employees sponsored the event.

Under the bill, Eastern Washington’s Yakima Valley and Rainier School in Buckley in Pierce County would shutter by June 30, 2027. State Rep. Travis Couture, an Allyn Republican, decried the bill ...