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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown defended state law on how local police must approach federal immigration enforcement in a sharply worded letter to members of Congress this week.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/16/25
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The Washington state House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 9, passed a bill that would ban the use of large wild animals for traveling performances such as circuses.
The bill was passed …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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4/16/25
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Authorities say a suspect who fled from law enforcement is dead in a suspected suicide that occurred Monday night.
The person’s name, gender and area of residence has not been released …
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By The Daily News
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4/16/25
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After hours of intense debate on the House floor Monday, majority Democrats pushed though one of the most contentious bills of the 2025 legislative session.
House Democrats also for the first …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/16/25
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Top aides in Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office debated plans earlier this year to send 200 National Guard troops to the Canadian border to assist with the Trump administration’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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Democratic lawmakers in Washington are beginning to lay out the buffet of tax increases they want to use to fill most of a $16 billion state budget shortfall.
There are hikes in business and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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4/15/25
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The Washington state Senate on Monday approved legislation to require a new state permit to buy guns.
The debate over House Bill 1163 has been one of the most contentious this legislative …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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Washington House lawmakers, for nearly five hours on Monday, battled through the latest round of debate in the state Legislature over parental rights.
Democrats say the bill they approved …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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The Trump administration on Monday launched an investigation into the Washington office tasked with overseeing public schools, citing allegations that the state directed a school district to …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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When Washington’s 147 legislators kicked off the 2025 session three months ago, solving the problem of an ever-growing shortfall in the state’s next operating budget topped their to-do …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/14/25
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The Trump administration on Friday denied Washington’s request for federal disaster relief to recover from last year’s bomb cyclone that caused tens of millions of dollars in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/14/25
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Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chair U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, led a majority of the coalition in a letter to Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, calling on him to bring …
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The Reflector
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4/14/25
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This article was first published by TVW .
Despite growing national backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Stephens says the …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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4/14/25
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The Washington State Senate on Friday approved Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1296 , one of this session’s most controversial and divisive pieces of legislation, on a 30-19 party-line vote.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/13/25
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Organized labor secured a major win Saturday as Democrats in the state House pushed through legislation to provide striking workers in Washington with unemployment benefits.
But union leaders …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/13/25
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Washington is poised to require clergy members to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession.
Nearly two-thirds of state House members approved a Senate bill on …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/12/25
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Following a contentious floor debate, the state Senate approved a bill Friday that would guarantee public school students in Washington certain rights.
Senate Democrats pushed the bill …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/25
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Possible increases in property taxes and business and occupation taxes have garnered the lion’s share of headlines this legislative session, as has a possible statewide payroll tax and a …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington State Legislature passed a bill Thursday declaring it “unprofessional conduct” for bail bond recovery agents – better known as bounty hunters – to enforce civil …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday targeting state-level climate policies — including Washington state's Climate Commitment Act — calling them unconstitutional …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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