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For more than five decades, the Crisis Clinic of Thurston and Mason Counties has been there for the community — answering phones in the middle of the night, listening without judgment, and helping …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/16/26
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Members of the Rainier City Council met on Tuesday, March 10, for their regular monthly meeting at Rainier City Hall.
Dominating most of the discussion was city code for storage and parking of …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/16/26
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The curtain fell Thursday night on the Washington Legislature’s 60-day session. A lot happened before it did. Passage of Democrats’ income tax on millionaire earners was the big storyline. It …
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By Bill Lucia and Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/14/26
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Washington earlier this year had to return 30,000 expiring doses from its abortion pill stockpile to the manufacturer.
A state law signed Saturday seeks to ensure remaining pills the state …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/14/26
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Seattle’s battle with federal immigration officials is getting even broader.
The Seattle City Council is expected at its March 17 meeting to authorize a review of the city’s policies …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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3/13/26
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The U.S. Department of Justice has begun connecting its push to obtain sensitive personal data on millions of voters to whether the upcoming midterm elections will be fair and secure, laying the …
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By Jonathan Shorman / Stateline
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3/13/26
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Washington sheriffs are pushing Gov. Bob Ferguson to veto parts of a controversial bill that would set new standards for them and could lead to removal from office.
In a letter this week, …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/13/26
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The Washington state Department of Commerce this week announced $16.8 million in clean energy grants to support 22 projects in 17 tribal communities across Washington.
The awards will also fund …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/13/26
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Washington state Reps. Hunter Abell, R-Inchelium, and Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, say legislation passed this week following a historic 24-hour floor debate to create a Washington state income tax …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/13/26
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Two Yelm-area men were hospitalized following a crash near Mineral Thursday that could result in vehicular assault and DUI charges, according to a release from the Washington State Patrol.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/13/26
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The Washington Legislature concluded its 2026 session Thursday evening after passing a batch of budgets and navigating late-breaking drama over the elimination of a data center tax break that …
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By Jerry Cornfield, Jake Goldstein-Street and Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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3/13/26
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In March 2025, the Capitol Correspondents Association officially stopped its decades-long role of advising the Washington State Legislature on media credentialing. However, the CCA, a group of …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/12/26
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The 2026 legislative session in Olympia is wrapping up Thursday, and one of the final pieces of legislation to cross the finish line was the Senate Bill 6346 .
Three Democrats joined all …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/12/26
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In the final hours of the legislative session, state lawmakers passed budgets on Thursday to fill a multi-billion-dollar hole with new taxes, reserves, one-time transfers and some cuts.
Budget …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/12/26
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Democratic state senators in Washington pushed a state income tax across the legislative finish line Wednesday after Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to derail it failed.
On a 27-21 vote, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/12/26
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The day after majority party Democrats in the Washington state House of Representatives passed, after a 24-hour debate, a tax on annual personal income exceeding $1 million, business organizations …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/11/26
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Injected under the skin, usually between the thumb and index finger, microchip implants can serve as identification or make contactless payments smoother.
But Washington workers don’t …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Democrats in the Washington Legislature released a budget deal Wednesday balanced with one-time maneuvers, siphoning of rainy day reserves and slashing of child care funding.
“There will be a …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Tax legislation Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Wednesday targets the last coal-fired power plant in the Pacific Northwest.
But if the coal tax and a related climate pollution fee work as …
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
March 31, 2026, is now International Transgender Day of Visibility in Thurston County, the county Board of Health proclaimed Tuesday.
First established …
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3/11/26
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