Olympia: The week in photos

Guns, lobbyists and media descend on the state capitol.

Bob Lomax looks on Friday at a rally against gun control in the capital.

Sally Sue Sheldon of Aberdeen, Wa, speaks Friday at a rally against gun control in the capital.

 

Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, talks to Kiro TV reporter Essex Porter Friday, Feb 7.

Workers assemble a tent for a healthcare lobbying event Thursday, Feb. 7 at the capitol.

Medical canabis lobbyist Ezra Eickmeyer is interviewed by Q13 Fox News reporter John Hopperstad Wednesday outside a packed senate Public Health committee work session. In the session the committee heard from experts about the science of marijuana-impaired driving.

Citizens and advocates pack a hallway the O'Brien building at the capitol during a day of popular hearings.

Students from Sumner, who travelled to the capitol with immigration advocacy group One America, pose for a photo with Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw Wednesday.

Grayson Manweller, 2, checks out the the capitol sundial as his father Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Ellensburg, talks to his brother Lincoln, 3, during a brief glimpse of winter sun Thursday.

Allison Holcomb, author of the state's legal marijuana initiative, and Rick Garza, deputy director of the liquor control board, testify at a Senate work session on marijuana-impaired driving Wednesday. Garza's agency is charged with implementing the initiative.


About the Author

Tom James helps cover the 2013 state legislative session for Crosscut through the University of Washington journalism program. He also writes for Crosscut on other subjects. Born in Seattle and raised in Kitsap, Tom worked for the Kitsap Navy News and Central Kitsap Reporter before heading to the UW for a double-major in journalism and economics, which he hopes to finish in 2014.

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