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The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives , composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate , with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. [ 1 ]
The Washington State Redistricting Commission is charged with adjusting congressional and legislative district boundaries after each decennial census.Given Washington State's growth over the prior decade, Washington gained an additional congressional district for the 113th congress.
The U.S. state of Washington has over 140 state parks that are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. These include 19 marine parks and 11 Historical Parks. The park system was established in 1913 by the creation of the Washington State Board of Park Commissioners. [ 2 ]
In the 19th century the British government considered the region a remote territory and did not administer the Wa States. [1] The only Wa territory administered by the British was the State of Manglon, which was ruled by a Wa saopha and was populated mostly by Wa in the region that lay east of the Salween.
The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council.. The incumbent Liberal–National Coalition government, led by Premier Colin Barnett, won a second consecutive four-year term in government, defeating the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Mark McGowan, in a landslide.
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Washington as identified by the United States Coast Guard. [1] There are eighteen active lights in the state; three are standing but inactive, three were supplanted by automated towers, and two have been completely demolished. Two lights, one of them still active, serve as museums.
Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent. [5] [text–source integrity?] [citation needed] It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east.
Odegaard instituted a vision of building a "community of scholars", convincing the Washington State legislatures to increase investment in the university. Washington senators, such as Henry M. Jackson and Warren G. Magnuson, also used their political clout to gather research funds for UW. The results included an increase in the operating budget ...