EPHRATA — Making progress in the Washington Legislature requires cooperation between Democrats and Republicans, and there some signs that more legislators are getting more interested in cooperating. That was one of the conclusions when Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, and Reps. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, and Alex Ybarra, R-Quincy, talked to Ephrata City Council members Wednesday.

Answering a question from Ephrata Mayor Bruce Reim, Warnick said that’s what her constituents expect.

“I don’t know too many people that don’t want me talking to the other side to try and work out (issues). That’s our job, to try and work out differences,” she said.

Dent said Lt. Gov. Denny Heck has set up a panel, divided equally between the two parties, to work on improving cooperation. Dent said it has the pote

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