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More states are piling up gold bars, or encouraging residents to use gold-backed debit cards, to hedge against inflation.
Several states, including Western ones with rich mining histories, have …
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By Kevin Hardy / Stateline
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4/14/26
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Washington state is penalizing a Seattle-based vehicle battery manufacturer for exposing workers to lead levels more than four times the safety limit.
The Department of Labor and Industries said …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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4/14/26
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On a rainy April morning, Ed Orcutt was tramping through the woods, looking for trees to measure.
Orcutt is a Republican state representative, serving Centralia and Chehalis. But when the …
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Sarah Mizes-Tan / KUOW
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4/13/26
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The strained Amtrak Cascades rail service is on track to have limited capacity to carry the crowds expected to descend on the Pacific Northwest for the upcoming men’s World Cup.
Sleek new, …
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Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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4/13/26
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Like a child trying to find ways around a parent’s “no,” President Donald Trump is still trying to find ways to justify his tariffs after the Supreme Court in late February struck them down , …
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By Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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4/13/26
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Washington boasts 221 housing-related programs across 30 state agencies.
But despite all of these initiatives, Lt. Gov. Denny Heck thinks the state is still going in the wrong direction …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/13/26
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The U.S. Forest Service research labs in Seattle and Wenatchee are targeted for closure, part of a broader restructuring of the agency that is housed in the Department of Agriculture.
Of …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/26
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The state’s school chief says Washington is falling behind a national push to restrict smartphones in schools, arguing the state should move to a statewide standard rather than continue studying …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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4/11/26
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President Donald Trump has approved opening up federal funding to deal with the aftermath of historic flooding that hit Washington in December, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced …
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By:Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/26
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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 is set to restore a key connection to one of Washington’s most …
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4/10/26
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Washington’s new law that seeks to hold sheriffs to higher standards and paves the way for their removal from office is the target of a second lawsuit.
This one comes from the Washington …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/10/26
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As Washington state prepares to collect its first-ever income tax on millionaires, one state agency is gearing up for a major hiring blitz to handle the administrative workload of ensuring …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/10/26
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Despite a recent report showing Washington’s charter school graduates are outperforming their peers in traditional public schools, state lawmakers cut about $7.5 million in enrichment funding for …
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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4/10/26
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Less than half of the drivers required to install ignition interlock devices in their vehicles did so between 2018 and 2025, despite $14.5 million in state spending to bolster compliance.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/10/26
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The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) recently announced the availability of a new public online tool, the “Community Impact Calculator,” providing Washington communities and trust …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/10/26
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In hundreds of custody disputes across Washington each year, judges appoint neutral court investigators to look into how parents’ issues like substance use, domestic violence and mental health …
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By Kelsey Turner / InvestigateWest
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4/10/26
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Another lawsuit has been filed over the controversial new law that allows the Criminal Justice Training Commission to decertify a sitting sheriff and set new requirements for sheriff candidates.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/9/26
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Former Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna, Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF) and former Supreme Court Justice and State Senator Phil Talmadge today filed a lawsuit in Klickitat County …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/9/26
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Opponents of Washington’s new income tax on high earners filed a lawsuit Thursday, arguing the controversial law is unconstitutional and in conflict with nearly a century of state Supreme Court …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/9/26
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Seattle City Council members say the city’s aging library system is desperately in need of more money, voting Wednesday to add nearly $70 million to the mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed $410 million …
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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4/9/26
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