The group behind the 2024 initiative that led to the Parental Bill of Rights in Washington is weighing potential options now that majority Democrats are championing a bill that would repeal most of …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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The Washington state Department of Ecology is seeing nearly $53 million in federal funding being held up as a result of a recent funding freeze.
Last month, a memo from the White House paused …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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A Washington lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent an inmate convicted of a physical or sexual assault from being housed in a cell with another inmate of the opposite sex.
House …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown on Friday sued the Trump administration over an executive order threatening to stop federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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One of the loudest crowds in the NFL – Seattle Seahawks fans – could soon get a day of their own to celebrate as Washington lawmakers look to make Dec. 12, the “Day of the …
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By: Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and a group of fellow senators published a letter Wednesday demanding immediate hearings to discuss reports of the newly created Department of Government …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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The Washington state Senate on Thursday, Feb. 6, passed a bill 49-0 that, if signed into law, would officially deem Washington the “Evergreen State.”
This marks the third year in a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently made a swing through Wahkiakum County in a visit that included a meeting with local log truck drivers, a talk with the Wahkiakum County Public …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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Brian Kernagis, a Vancouver-area marketing manager, voted early.
Around 5 or 6 p.m. on Oct. 27, a week before the general election last year, he put his and his girlfriend’s ballots …
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By Daniel Walters / InvestigateWest
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2/7/25
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A Cowlitz County man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has been pardoned following President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency for the reported 1,500-plus people charged with …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/7/25
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More than 2,600 people signed on to support a school choice bill that received a public hearing Thursday in Olympia.
House Bill 1140 , sponsored by Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, would create …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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State lawmakers are forwarding a bill that would change how medical debt impacts Washingtonians' credit scores.
Senate Bill 5480 doesn’t erase medical debt completely but “Declares a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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The Trump administration on Thursday told states it was blocking money for electric vehicle chargers, including $71 million for Washington, one of the latest steps by the White House to halt …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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The latest beef in Olympia? Cow burps, farts, and poops. Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to gather better data on the scale and scope of methane emissions released by dairies …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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They’re not old enough yet to drink in bars, but a group of Washington students wants to make nightlife in the state safer.
A bill in the state Legislature requested by Lake …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal immigration …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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Washington’s new Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson has vowed to veto any state budget bill that does not include $100 million for hiring more cops.
The idea doesn’t sit well with Black …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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The status of more than $50 million in federal grants to Washington’s Department of Ecology remained in doubt late Tuesday, halting projects on water quality, shoreline restoration and toxic …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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A public community meeting will be hosted by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, and the Gifford Pinchot and Mount Hood national forests to share information about proposed changes to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/25
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A bill to limit major investors from buying up large numbers of single-family homes got a public hearing in Olympia on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 5496 , according to a brief summary of the bill, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/5/25
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