Governor Inslee Opposes Kill-Bertha Bill

Washington State Department of TransportationGovernor Inslee used to be all-smiles about the deep-bore tunnel project. Now he's facing flack from Senate Republicans.
On Monday, we caught wind that Senate Republicans Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale) and Michael Baumgartner (R-Spokane) were going to introduce a bill that would end the Bertha tunnel project as we know it. Today the bill was read and referred to the committee on transportation.
Ericksen and Baumgartner's bill would halt