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The state Forest Practices Board has narrowly approved a controversial water buffer rule that has drawn criticism from forestry and farming advocates, as well as local counties that say their …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson’s victory marks something of a rebuke of big-money politics, a feat echoing fellow socialist Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayoral …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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A federal judge on Monday permanently ended the Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion laws.
Chief U.S. District of Idaho Judge David Nye dismissed the lawsuit with …
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By Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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11/17/25
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Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies.
The federal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/17/25
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The federal government last week said it will not release a National Wolf Recovery Plan, despite announcing a plan was in the works last year, saying the species doesn’t need federal …
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Micah Drew / Washington State Standard
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11/15/25
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Federal lawyers are asking an appeals court to overturn a recent ruling in Oregon that blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland.
On Friday, lawyers from …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/15/25
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Democratic state Sen. Noel Frame traces her interest in tax policy to her time as a teenager in the 1990s, concerned about scarce funding for her school district in Battle Ground, Washington.
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Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard
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11/15/25
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In an interview with TVW , Julia Smith, endangered species recovery manager at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the once widespread owls have all but disappeared.
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11/14/25
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Officials cry foul as Forest Practices Board makes final call on protecting trees near water streams
The Washington State Forest Practices Board took the final steps to approve a new rule this week that will remove large swaths of timber in Western Washington from production.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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11/14/25
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The Washington state Republican Party (WAGOP) has recently announced that Scott Presler, the founder of Early Vote Action, a grassroots movement to register Republicans, will travel to Washington …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/14/25
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Washington employers say business climate is getting worse
By The Chronicle staff
A new survey of Washington employers shows that recent tax increases are hitting more than three quarters …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/14/25
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A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for a California man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a Longview child.
Detjen W. Haynes, 42, of Shingletown, California, pleaded guilty to two …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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11/13/25
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Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/13/25
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A defense contractor with a history of providing housing for military operations withdrew its inquiry seeking land at the Newport Municipal Airport, a city official said Wednesday, as growing …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/13/25
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The shutdown is over.
But jousting continues among Republicans and Democrats — including those from Washington state — over who’s to blame for the longest ever shuttering of …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/13/25
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A vague letter from a Texas-based defense contractor spurred concern in Newport that the federal government would seek to establish an immigration detention facility on Oregon’s Central …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/12/25
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The Ballmer Group on Wednesday committed hundreds of millions of dollars for free preschool in Washington, a massive philanthropic contribution amid state budget cuts and federal rollbacks.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/12/25
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A short legislative session mired by lower revenues is facing Washington state lawmakers and the city of Kelso's wish list.
That's what Gordon Thomas Honeywell State Lobbyist Amina Teouri told …
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Hayley Day / The Daily News
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11/12/25
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A security company has dropped its lawsuit over Washington’s new sales tax on services weeks after filing it.
It’s unclear why.
The development came after Security …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/12/25
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When Camerina Zorrozua learned in April that Washington had slashed its state funding of her Spokane-based legal aid organization, she frantically called state Rep. Tarra Simmons.
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Moe Clark/InvestigateWest
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11/11/25
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