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State Superintendent Chris Reykdal is very concerned about potential education cuts from the federal government, but says the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is not …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/30/25
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Two firefighters have been killed and another is injured after crews in North Idaho responded to emergency calls of a brush fire and a shooter opened fire on their response.
Kootenai Health …
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By Christina Lords / Idaho Capital Sun
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6/30/25
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Washington’s century-old fuel tax is going up again.
On Tuesday, the gasoline tax will rise by 6 cents a gallon, the first increase in nine years for the primary revenue source …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/30/25
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A 42-year-old Spokane woman is dead and a Thurston County man is facing a potential charge of vehicular homicide after a vehicle struck a pedestrian in Olympia early Saturday morning.
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/29/25
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The plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Washington state’s down-payment assistance program for people who faced racial housing discrimination aren’t giving up hope, even after being dealt a …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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6/28/25
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The only medical facility focused on caring for drug-exposed babies in western Washington is pleading for help after Gov. Bob Ferguson vetoed its funding and the state abruptly canceled its …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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6/28/25
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Farmers market season just started, but older adults in Lewis, Mason and Thurston counties have already claimed every available benefit card for Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/27/25
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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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The Washington state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently released its annual Forest Health Highlights report after joint aerial detection surveys flown by DNR and U.S. Department of …
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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.
For …
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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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