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A political committee that helped defeat last year’s ballot measure to repeal a Washington climate law was fined $20,000 on Thursday for not disclosing how it spent $1 million until after the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/27/25
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Washington utilities, tribes, counties and others have spent years planning how to use the state’s $1.2 billion chunk of a federal program to improve high-speed internet access.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/27/25
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday in a major decision reined in nationwide injunctions by some lower courts that had blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order barring …
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By Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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6/27/25
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In an 8-1 decision, the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Office of Financial Management was justified in withholding certain contract negotiation documents related to collective …
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Brett Davis | The Center Square
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6/26/25
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Washington state refused to comply with the federal government’s recent request for personal data on residents who receive or apply for food stamps.
The U.S. Department of …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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6/26/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently held a career roundtable with Ukrainian community members, toured the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Dittmer Control Center and visited …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/25/25
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Despite passing the largest tax increase in state history amid record revenue levels, Washington state’s wallet may be empty by the end of the 2025-27 biennium, according to a new report by the …
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TJ Martinell | The Center Square
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6/25/25
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A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate federal funding for electric vehicle chargers in Washington and more than a dozen other states.
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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6/25/25
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It has been 25 days since Travis Decker picked up his three young daughters for an afternoon visit, then allegedly ended their lives by asphyxiation near a campground in Chelan County.
Since …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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6/25/25
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WASHINGTON — Democratic state attorneys general vowed Monday on Capitol Hill to continue legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s “outrageous overreach” through …
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By Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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6/25/25
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Washington state’s parole board this week will hear the case of one of the so-called “Hillside Stranglers” who murdered numerous women and girls, including two in Washington, in the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/25/25
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The U.S. Forest Service will seek to repeal a rule that has effectively blocked the logging of almost a third of America’s national forests, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told a …
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By James Brooks / Alaska Beacon
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6/25/25
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A Republican proposal in the U.S. Senate that could have put millions of acres of public land in Washington up for sale has hit a roadblock, but the lead lawmaker behind the idea is planning to press …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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6/25/25
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Washington lawmakers and the governor Tuesday got the grim state revenue news they’ve been expecting.
Estimates show tax collections for the two-year operating budget that begins July 1 …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/25/25
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Washington’s congressional delegation was divided along party lines in reacting to President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend.
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By The Washington State Standard Staff
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6/23/25
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The Trump Administration moved Monday to join a legal fight to overturn a new Washington law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect even when it is disclosed in confession.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/23/25
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Public transit will no longer enjoy a free ride across two Washington bridges this fall.
Starting Oct. 1, operators of public and private bus services must pay tolls on the State Route 520 …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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6/23/25
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The Washington State Transportation Commission has voted to assume a one-year delay in tolling on the Interstate 5 Bridge spanning the Columbia River from Vancouver to Portland as part of their …
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TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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6/23/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has found a new leader for the Health Care Authority , which administers Medicaid for nearly 2 million people and is the largest purchaser of health care in the state.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/23/25
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New discipline guidelines for public school students will go into effect across Washington state next month.
While educators say the changes are necessary to address disruptive post-pandemic …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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6/23/25
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