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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Gordon McCloud finds that the lower court improperly tossed a 2018 Washington statute that sought to change the method for how the state calculates the wage for workers who worked on a public state project like a new bridge or road. The lower court tossed the new method on the grounds that it conflicted with an older statutory rule that stated the wage data collected could only be used in the county where that work was done. But a full reading of the statutes' exact wording show they do not conflict with each other. The older statute only covers data collection methods, while the new statute covers how wage data from collective bargaining agreements is used to pay public project workers. They apply to two different situations covering a broad and complicated overarching issue, and therefore do not cancel each other out. Reversed.