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U.S. Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Tom Barrett, R-Michigan, recently introduced the One Front Door for Elder Fraud Act, a piece of legislation designed to streamline the reporting …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/21/26
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The Washington Policy Center and Buckeye Institute recently released a report showing, among other findings, 18,000 fewer jobs in Washington state if the state’s new income tax is allowed to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/21/26
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Candidates in Washington state’s most closely watched congressional race have spent more than $10 million entering the final weeks of the campaign.
Meanwhile, outside forces are shelling out …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/21/26
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There is no telling how long it could take for Seattle to recover $13.1 million in overpayments to hundreds of police officers, Mayor Katie Wilson’s office said Monday, or if it can at all.
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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10/21/26
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High costs and lengthy permitting processes are two of the barriers to bringing nuclear-powered electricity to customers in Idaho, officials from three electrical utilities told state regulators …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/21/26
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Republican Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and Gov. Brad Little’s re-election campaigns received more than $20,000 each in donations from tobacco and nicotine manufacturers.
The …
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Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/21/26
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Next year, Oregon will pay an average of nearly $630 more per member every month to the organizations arranging providers for the vast majority of Oregon’s 1.4 million Medicaid members under new …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/21/26
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An eastern Oregon city that has for the last decade welcomed some of the largest data centers in the state is fighting Gov. Tina Kotek’s recent order meant to temporarily pause data center …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/21/26
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SEATTLE — Washington’s hospitals anticipate losing nearly $6 billion in revenue through 2033 due to steep Medicaid cuts in the coming months.
That’s according to a new report from the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/20/26
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Bears are having a very bad year.
Across much of the United States, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on. With nearly …
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Alex Brown / Stateline
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10/20/26
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Under pressure from Gov. Bob Ferguson, the Washington state Building Code Council is wrestling with how far it can bend residential energy codes to speed up rebuilding homes destroyed by wildfires …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/20/26
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and comedian Mike Myers made the phrase “elbows up” a national rallying cry in the midst of a trade war incited by the Trump administration.
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Tom Banse / Washington State Standard
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10/20/26
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Washington’s largest state agency is preparing for a difficult 2027 budget by pursuing two strategies at once: pulling back where it can while trying to modernize how it delivers services.
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/19/26
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Federal officials intercepted a “suspicious package” addressed to Oregon’s election office before it arrived in the state, Secretary of State Tobias Read said Friday.
“We are not aware …
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Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/18/26
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With the November election looming less than three weeks away, Oregonians took to the streets Saturday in the nation’s first vote-by-mail state to slam the Trump administration and encourage their …
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Shaanth Nanguneri and Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/18/26
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The emerald ash borer, one of the most destructive invasive pests in the nation, has been detected in multiple trees outside of Walla Walla in eastern Washington .
Late last month, an arborist …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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10/18/26
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More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese immigrants are bracing for the possibility they’ll lose their humanitarian protections by Monday.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne …
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Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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10/18/26
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The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures.
Until now, no industry had …
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Tim Henderson / Stateline
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10/18/26
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Late last month, the Trump administration announced that it had cut 760,000 people from the Affordable Care Act rolls, claiming fraud and improper enrollments and touting billions in potential …
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Julie Appleby / KFF Health News
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10/18/26
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A smiling Judy Caron sat on a metal bench on the grounds of the Washington state Capitol, her face partially shielded from Saturday’s bright morning sun by a homemade sign, “No Cons, No Clowns, …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/18/26
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