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A majority of voters are considering leaving Spokane, citing taxes, questionable leadership and public safety issues as the reasons, according to a recent survey by Greater Spokane Incorporated.
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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5/6/26
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Tory Starr is worried about the people who get medical care at Open Door Community Health Centers along California’s North Coast.
“They’re the folks that work at restaurants. They’re the …
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By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News
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5/6/26
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If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. For the youth helpline, call or text 888-537-1634 or make a report online at HearMeWa.org. For the Suicide & Crisis …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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5/6/26
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A day after the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal seeking a referendum on the state’s new income tax, one of the key players in the legal challenge to come is expressing …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/5/26
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A Washington Supreme Court commissioner on Tuesday declined to pause a judge’s ruling that blocked a new law setting stricter qualifications for sheriffs.
Deputy Commissioner Walter Burton …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/5/26
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Former Washington state lawmaker Eric Robertson, who served two stints in the Legislature decades apart, died April 24. He was 62.
Robertson, a former House Republican caucus chair, …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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5/5/26
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Federal agencies say they have yet to take steps to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, as the Department of Justice fights a Democrat-led lawsuit against …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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5/5/26
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Two companies that manufacture the abortion pill drug mifepristone were on Monday granted an administrative stay on lower-court rulings that sought to heavily restrict access to the abortion pill.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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An appeal to the Washington State Supreme Court to allow a referendum effort on the new income tax law to proceed was denied on Monday.
The political group Let’s Go Washington initially filed …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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Washington drivers are facing a brutal spring at the pump as gasoline prices in the state shatter all-time records, driven by a combination of the state's carbon policy and gas taxes, along with …
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By Andrew Paxton and Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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Three years after a landslide cut off access to the upper stretch of state Route 504, also known as Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, work has begun to restore a key connection to one of Washington’s …
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The Reflector
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5/4/26
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Washington’s new law setting stricter eligibility standards for sheriffs was partially blocked in state court on Wednesday, one day before much of it was set to take effect.
The preliminary …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/4/26
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Due to a global shortage of petroleum-based materials, the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and its 600 license dealer locations will no longer sell waterproof, tear …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/4/26
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Washington’s Supreme Court on Monday denied a conservative political committee’s request to pursue an attempt to repeal the state’s new income tax law with a referendum this fall.
The …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/4/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case over whether the government can discipline doctors for what they say publicly.
The case, Stockton v. Brown, challenged the Washington Medical …
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By Andrew Rice / The Center Square
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5/4/26
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An unusual and potentially pivotal midterm election season gets formally underway in Washington on Monday when candidates can begin filing for legislative, congressional and judicial offices .
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/4/26
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It’s unclear when a section of the North Cascades Highway will reopen following significant winter damage and a March rockslide on the road.
Around 26 miles of the highway between Diablo Lake …
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By Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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5/3/26
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A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline
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5/3/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson conceded this week to violating state ethics law, agreeing to accept a $4,000 fine for letting his former chief strategy officer take a taxpayer-funded flight with him last year.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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On Friday, the second lawsuit against the new sheriff decertification bill that took effect in part on Thursday received a motion hearing before the same Thurston County Superior Court judge who …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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