WA lawmaker stares down ethics charges ahead of rare public hearing

For more than a year, Rep. Tarra Simmons has been dogged by allegations she improperly used her cachet as a lawmaker and cash from her prior campaigns to assist two nonprofit organizations, one of which was her employer. Simmons emphatically denies wrongdoing and calls the charges unsubstantiated. But as the case has dragged on, she […]