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The Washington state Capitol is pictured from Heritage Park in Olympia on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Association of Washington Business announces final round of 2026 endorsements
The Association of Washington Business (AWB) has announced a third and final round of legislative endorsements for the 2026 elections. The AWB Board of Directors voted to endorse candidates in … more
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Seattle Mayor Kate Wilson
Seattle mayor's proposed budget increases public safety spending, no new taxes
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson proposed no new business taxes in her budget plan for next year, instead closing an estimated $175 million budget gap by eliminating 143 positions, most of them … more
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Houses line a suburban neighborhood.
Eastern Washington housing more affordable, but most still priced out of market
Eastern Washington remains one of the more attainable parts of Washington for homebuyers, but a new housing report and local housing officials say rising construction costs, limited supply, mortgage … more
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Powerlines in Hood River County above the Columbia River July 25, 2024.
Pacific Power to charge new Oregon data centers for all costs associated with growing energy need
Oregon’s second largest investor-owned electric utility could soon directly assign the costs of new energy projects and infrastructure needed for data centers to data center operators. Pacific … more
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Joelene and Tomas Keen kiss outside the Airway Heights Corrections Center in Spokane, Washington, on August 8, 2026. (Moe K. Clark/Investigatewest)
Washington governor faces criticism for clemency denials 
Joelene Keen was overjoyed when she checked her phone on May 11 and saw an email from her husband’s lawyer asking them to call him. She knew her husband, Tomas Keen, wouldn’t see the message … more
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Kenworth electric heavy-duty trucks are among those available for the Washington Zero-Emission Program. (Photo by Aspen Ford/Washington State Standard)
Small businesses slow to take up Washington’s new electric truck vouchers
A line of work trucks sat running in the parking lot of Kent’s Pacific Raceways Monday, but there was hardly any engine noise and no diesel exhaust.  The vehicles, ranging from forklifts … more
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A demonstrator holds a sign in support of Senate Bill 6346, dubbed the “Millionaires Tax” bill, during a rally at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia on Tuesday, Feb.10.
Public-sector unions pour millions into campaign to keep Washington income tax
With six weeks until the Nov. 3 election, union backed campaign donations are pouring in for the “ No on I-645 ” campaign. The Washington Education Association tops campaign donations for … more
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Let’s Go Washington founder Brian Heywood discusses his beliefs on Washington’s financial state outside the Washington Secretary of State’s office building in Tumwater on Thursday, July 2.
Nonresidents could face paying Washington's new income tax
People who never even set foot in Washington State might be subject to the new millionaire's tax if the repeal movement is not successful, according to discussions at the Washington state income tax … more
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Ballot envelopes sit in the Thurston County elections center. (Photo by Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard)
Trump administration’s Washington voter roll lawsuit dismissed
SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Washington seeking the state’s voter rolls, in line with many rulings across the country. … more
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Offut Lake is seen from above in 2022.
Toxic algae advisories issued for Offut Lake, Clear Lake in Thurston County 
Thurston County Public Health and Social Services on Tuesday, Sept. 22, announced toxic algae blooms have been found in Clear Lake Offutt Lake. Lab results from a sample taken from Clear Lake on … more
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is urging President Donald Trump to embargo diesel fuel exports as rising costs impact farmers in his largely agricultural state. Grassley is shown at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on July 23, 2026.
Diesel prices shoot upward as top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for export embargo
Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to … more
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Grizzly bears in the lower 48 states are federally protected as a threatened species. A new memo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik says that endangered animals may be killed as long as the action was not “intentionally directed at a particular animal or animals.”
Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. … more
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Washington, 11 other states reach settlement with Paramount, Warner Bros. over merger
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery may move forward with a merger under the conditions that they boost film production, support displaced workers and preserve competition among cable channels over … more
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Washington’s medication collection program faces hurdles despite success
Washington’s program to collect medication so it doesn’t end up in the wrong hands has brought in over 1 million pounds of drugs since 2020, according to a state audit. But it’s still … more
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‘I voted’ stickers in the entry room of the Thurston County Ballot Processing Center in Tumwater on Thursday, Oct. 30.
Conservative Heritage Foundation election integrity scorecard ranks Washington near bottom
Washington ranks near the bottom of a newly updated election integrity scorecard from the Heritage Foundation, continuing the debate over voter registration, election rolls and the state's … more
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An ICE officer coordinates with officials during an enforcement operation in San Antonio on Feb. 5, 2025. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Flickr / PDM 1.0
ICE arrests surge as Washington candidates split over enforcement
Immigration arrests in Washington surged this summer, with federal immigration officers detaining about 705 people in June and another 700 in July statewide, according to records from the Deportation … more
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Works in Progress managing editors Maria Bressler, left, Arlo Dolven, right, and Antonio, holding the newspaper at center, pose for a photo during a launch party for the return of Works in Progress' print newspaper at the Brotherhood Lounge in Olympia on Friday, Sept. 9, 2026.
Longtime alternative community newspaper returns to print
Olympia’s longtime independent, volunteer-run news outlet is returning to print.     Works in Progress relaunched its print edition Friday, Sept. 9, after a three-year hiatus from … more
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State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti speaks during a Legislative Media Day at the Washington state Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 19, in Olympia.
Treasurer seeks public input for Washington state dollar coin celebrating innovation
Washington state Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti is requesting concepts from the public for Washington’s submission to the United States Mint American Innovation $1 Coin Program, a news release from … more
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Ballots stored in a secure facility at the Thurston County Ballot Processing Center in Tumwater on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025.
Military and overseas ballots mailed to Thurston County voters for Nov. 3 election
The Thurston County Auditor’s Elections Division has mailed over 10,000 General Election ballots to military and overseas voters registered in Thurston County.  Military and overseas … more
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Haley Ness collected a stack of internal communications and documents from her time working as a Lead Investigator in Washington's Adult Protective Services department until she was terminated from her job in 2024. Ness alleges that leadership was ignoring her requests for support in cases she handled in the job and printed out documents in order to have evidence that she was making these requests. ..In July 2026, Ness sent an email to stakeholders in APS and other state agencies calling out APS leadership and asking for accountability in what she alleges is insufficient care for the vulnerable population she served. She is seen here near her home in Puyallup, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 10, 2026. While Ness worked at APS, from June 2022 to November 2024, she said she handled complex and high profile investigations in the abuse, neglect, and exploitation, of vulnerable adults, including cases with very aggressive perpetrators. She says leadership in APS ignored her requests related to these cases.
Washington is fighting to limit its duty to protect vulnerable adults
Starting in February 2020, investigators with Washington Adult Protective Services responded to nine reports about Raymond Bell, a 71-year-old man with dementia and no nearby family. Neighbors, … more
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