In a Fox News interview on Feb. 5, Sen. Jamie Pedersen was quoted as saying 13-year-olds have a “complete right” to make ...

Washington State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, is standing by comments he made last week to a Fox News ...

State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen didn’t foresee the furor that would erupt over his description of a ...

Legislation to update last year’s parental “bill of rights” initiative is heading to the Washington state House of Representatives amid a host of disagreements over what the changes will mean for ...

A Washington state senator says a quote of his that ... have a “complete right” to make their own decisions about mental health care without parental consent. His full quote was in response ...

Unless the funding challenges seen in Lynnwood — and at similar facilities in Pierce County — are solved, it could put the ...

A bill that was supposed to help people understand and clear up language for mental health and substance abuse insurance ...

They seem more interested in empowering the state than protecting family autonomy. State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, recently stated that kids as young as 13 should be able to ...

Social media feeds are designed to keep kids scrolling longer and longer to drive up ad revenue, noted state Democratic Sen.

When a person is charged with a crime but found too mentally ill to participate in their defense, Washington state ... state over who is responsible for criminal defendants who need mental health ...

On one side are Republicans worried about state overreach, while Democrats say they want to protect the privacy of students, ...