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Republican John Braun on Tuesday snagged President Donald Trump’s endorsement in his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in southwest Washington, a race that could help …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/14/26
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Two weeks after Governor Bob Ferguson signed the supplemental operating budget, questions remain as to why he vetoed funding in the spending package to combat organized retail theft.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/14/26
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Congressional candidate and Washington state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, received a coveted endorsement from President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
Braun reposted the presidential …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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4/14/26
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In its growing battle with the Trump administration over the rights of illegal immigrants, the Wilson administration has doubled to $1.2 million, the money it will pay for lawyers to represent ICE …
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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4/14/26
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The King County Auditor says in an update that the county’s department of community and human services has made positive revisions to what had been lax oversight of social service agencies that …
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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4/14/26
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The Washington State Attorney General’s Office staff has billed more than 34,000 hours working on lawsuits filed against the Trump Administration since November 2024, according to records obtained …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/14/26
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Rows of colorful rubber ducks stare out from the shelves of a small store tucked inside a mall in British Columbia, looking startled with wide eyes and open beaks.
The Rubber Duck Museum, not …
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By Sophia Gates / Cascadia Daily News
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4/14/26
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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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Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and a suite of agency partners from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) recently completed a five-year update to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/13/26
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The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a hybrid meeting in Olympia from April 16 to 18 to hear briefings on a proposed land transaction, the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the 2025 annual …
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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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