What local legislators achieved this session

State Reps. Dan Griffey and Travis Couture, Republicans from Allyn, and Sen. Drew MacEwen, R-Shelton, wrapped up the regular legislative session April 23.

On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee said he intends to call a special session on May 16 to address the state’s drug possession law.

Child malnutrition

Couture’s bill, House Bill 1274, to help prevent child malnutrition was signed into law by Inslee on April 13.

The bill is the first from Couture, in his first year as a representative, to pass both houses of the Legislature. The bill directs the state Department of Children, Youth and Families in con...