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The Washington Secretary of State’s (SOS) Office has turned over unredacted attorney client privileged emails to The Center Square after it appealed the redactions of communication between SOS and …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/26/26
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A year into Washington’s limit on residential rent increases , the state has yet to collect a cent in civil penalties from landlords.
That’s not to say some haven’t violated the law.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/26/26
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State Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, earlier this month visited Centralia College’s Mobile Career and Technical Education (CTE) Training Lab during a stop at Tenino Middle School, highlighting the …
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5/25/26
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An Olympia man is facing possible DUI and vehicular assault charges after he allegedly caused a crash that injured two people near Yelm on Sunday.
The crash was reported on state Route 510 near …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/25/26
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The Brent Hennrich campaign is calling on incumbent Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, to step aside this election cycle despite Hennrich’s significant fundraising disadvantage.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/25/26
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GOLDENDALE, Wash. – High up on the Washington side of the Columbia River near the John Day hydroelectric dam, members of the Yakama Nation gathered to protest a clean energy storage project slated …
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By Alex Baumhardt / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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5/25/26
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Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of …
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By Shalina Chatlani / Stateline
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5/24/26
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A state ethics board has declined to dismiss an ethics complaint against Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons, setting the stage for the wide-ranging allegations to be contested in a public hearing …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/23/26
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The leader of the powerful Washington state House committee that oversees tax policy is mounting a challenge to Speaker Laurie Jinkins for leadership of the majority Democratic caucus.
Rep. …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/23/26
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Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families has agreed to a permanent injunction that will bar state officials from forcing foster families to embrace gender ideology for children in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/22/26
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The fate of a proposed lithium-ion battery storage system in Rochester is now in the hands of the Thurston County Board of Commissioners.
The board, acting in a quasi-judicial capacity, is …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thustonchronicle.com
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5/22/26
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The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board of Trustees has appointed longtime Library Services Director Andrea Heisel to the role of interim executive director, effective Thursday, May 21.
The …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/22/26
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The Thurston County Auditor’s Office will hold a hearing May 28 to determine whether Thurston County commissioner District 5 candidate Nic Dunning put a false residential address on his voter …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/22/26
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Thurston County celebrated its Fleet Services Department on Tuesday for once again earning a spot on the National Association of Fleet Administrators’ “100 Best Fleets in the Americas” list.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/22/26
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Thurston County Public Health & Social Services (PHSS) has released the 2025 Community Health Assessment (CHA) report, highlighting the issues community members suggest are affecting the health …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/22/26
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Library advocates criticize Timberland Regional Library’s interim executive director appointee
By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
The Timberland Regional …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/21/26
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A major challenge facing the public sector transportation sector’s transition from gasoline to electric is what one local transit manager describes as a “Wild West” environment for the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Department of Children, Youth and Families Secretary Tana Senn denied claims of fraud and indicated more funds are needed to conduct additional audits during a virtual appearance before the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Cuts that Republicans in the U.S. House are seeking to the nuclear cleanup at Washington’s Hanford site would go deeper than steep reductions the Trump administration proposed.
Hanford’s …
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By John Stang / The Washington State Standard
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5/21/26
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Puget Sound Energy is adding a wind farm in Klickitat County to its clean energy portfolio, the latest move in the utility’s transition to become greenhouse gas neutral by 2030, as state law …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/21/26
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