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States’ approaches toward street homelessness have included imposing camping bans on public lands, setting mandates for local governments to enforce those bans and, in some cases, allowing property owners to sue their local government if they do not comply with enforcement of statewide camping bans.
2 years after Grants Pass, 14 states, 350 cities have tougher laws on street homelessness
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson decision  — which allowed governments to enforce public camping bans without violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition on … more
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Washington State Capitol - January 30, 2026.
Capital gains tax surge eases but doesn’t solve Washington state budget woes
A windfall of capital gains tax payments is providing temporary relief for Washington’s budget, but other collections are down, and lawmakers still expect to face financial difficulties next year. … more
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A construction crew works outside a new development in Boise. Idaho leads the nation in population growth and housing growth metrics.
Idaho leads the nation in housing growth. The data shows it’s still not enough.
For the second year in a row, Idaho had the highest housing unit growth rate in the nation — boasting a 2.1% increase in its housing stock in 2025, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. But … more
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Yakama Nation Fisheries staff encouraged attendees of the 5th annual Yakama Nation Lamprey Celebration to try touching the eel-like fish. The event held along the Willamette River in Oregon City on June 25, 2026 brought out hundreds of people. Pacific lamprey are an ancient and culturally significant species for many Northwest tribes.
Hundreds turn out to Willamette River for Yakama Nation lamprey celebration
Several hundred people turned out along the Willamette River on Thursday to celebrate a fish often misunderstood for its style but long revered for its substance. Pacific lamprey, a jawless fish … more
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Gov. Tina Kotek in 2024 signed a law creating the America 250 Oregon Commission, tasking it with coordinating the state’s celebration of the country’s 250th year of independence.
Here’s how Oregon is celebrating America’s 250th year of independence
Bigfoot is officially helping Oregon celebrate the country’s 250th birthday.  This September, the Dallas Area Visitors Center will host its second annual Bigfootstock, a one-day festival … more
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Gov. Bob Ferguson, left, and director of the Department of Ecology, Casey Sixkiller, right, hold the signed agreement to link Washington’s carbon market with California and Quebec’s.
Washington agrees to join carbon market with California and Quebec
Washington took a key step Thursday to combine its carbon market with one operating in California and Quebec, a move expected to drive down costs for carbon-emitting businesses once the programs are … more
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A harvester crane processes a log on a thinning project in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington state. A new lawsuit targeting a timber harvest in Oregon could upend management of federal lands across the West.
Oregon lawsuit could upend federal management of public lands
A new lawsuit challenging a logging project in Oregon threatens to unravel the management plans governing hundreds of millions of acres of federal public land. At stake are thousands of leases … more
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Gov. Bob Ferguson answers questions from the press during a legislative session preview in a Senate Hearing room in Olympia on Friday, Jan. 9.
With cracks showing in Washington economy, Ferguson forms new council to look for fixes
SEATTLE — Warning lights are flashing for Washington’s economy. Job growth has been slower than expected , and the unemployment rate is above the national average. There are mounting layoffs … more
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A healthy sunflower sea star is seen on the seafloor in 2014. Sunflower sea stars are important for fish habitat because they eat sea urchins, which can mow down kelp forests if left unchecked. A wasting disease that struck more than a decade ago wiped out about 90% of the population, with the most severe losses in the southern part of the species’ range, off Mexico and California. Sunflower sea stars in Alaska have also died from the wasting disease, but the losses have not been as severe. (Photo by Ed Gullekson/Washington Department of Fish and WIldlife, provided by NOAA Fisheries)
Lawsuit aims to put sunflower sea stars on endangered species list
An environmental group has sued the Trump administration over its failure to grant Endangered Species Act protections to sunflower sea stars, a keystone Pacific Ocean species that lost 90% of its … more
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With Oregon precedent, Washington lawmakers reflect on anti-corporate medicine legislation
An Oregon law that addresses hospitals’ corporate involvement in clinicians’ decisions regarding treatment has the attention of Washington state lawmakers. As U.S. healthcare has … 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.
Trump order limiting voting by mail halted by federal court
A federal judge on Thursday blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority. The decision … more
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A Christensen fuel truck leaves a refinery in Anacortes. Christensen, a major agricultural fuel distributor, was among the first to offer exemptions under the Climate Commitment Act. (Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)
Washington Supreme Court upholds state climate law’s farm fuel exemption rules
The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld Washington’s hotly contested regulations for how farmers and haulers of agricultural goods receive the exemption on fuel purchases promised … more
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Gov. Bob Ferguson answers questions from the press during a legislative session preview in a Senate Hearing room in Olympia on Friday, Jan. 9.
Income tax lawsuit spotlights Gov. Ferguson's Supreme Court appointees
Washingtonians are being asked whether two recently appointed justices should remain on the Supreme Court as a lawsuit challenging a new state income tax looms over the election. Critics of the … more
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The Centralia coal plant hasn’t operated since last December, but is required to remain on standby by order of the Trump Administration. Its owner, TransAlta Corporation, wants reimbursement. Electric ratepayers across the Pacific Northwest could end up paying. (Photo by Tom Banse)
Cost to keep TransAlta's Centralia coal plant on standby keeps rising — who will pay?
Electric utilities across the Pacific Northwest are fuming that their customers might be saddled with the costs of a coal-burning power plant that isn’t producing any power. The messy dispute … more
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Through the first three months of 2026, Washington saw four deaths and 3 near-deaths among children in the state's child welfare system. (Photo courtesy of the state Department of Children, Youth and Families.)
Washington child welfare deaths drop significantly after record year
Deaths and critical injuries among children in Washington’s child welfare system fell steeply in the first quarter of 2026, state officials reported Wednesday. Still, four children died and … more
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Ballots that had arrived by mail or were set aside on Election Day, 2024, sit on a table at the Cass County Courthouse in North Dakota on Nov. 18, 2024.
States that won’t obey Trump order will have their mail ballots halted, postmaster says
The U.S. Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to turn over lists of voters under a proposed rule, the agency’s chief executive said Wednesday, angering Democrats who … more
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Washington’s gas tax is going up, but state transportation revenue is falling short
Washington state’s gas tax, already among the highest in the nation, is going up next week. The state’s per-gallon fuel tax of 55.4 cents will climb 1.1 cents on July 1. The 2% bump is the … more
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Gas prices in Washington are among the highest in the country. The state's gas tax will rise by 1.1 cents on July 1. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)
Washington’s gas tax is going up, but state transportation revenue is falling short
Washington state’s gas tax, already among the highest in the nation, is going up next week. The state’s per-gallon fuel tax of 55.4 cents will climb 1.1 cents on July 1. The 2% bump is the … more
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Washington state workers set for July 1 raise as union contract talks begin
State workers in Washington are about to get a raise, while secretive union negotiations that could include another raise get underway. A two percent pay hike negotiated as part of a 2025 … more
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The courtroom in the Temple of Justice is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 19, in Olympia.
Washington transgender prisoner policy lands before state Supreme Court
Washington’s state Supreme Court justices will weigh in on where a transgender woman held in state prisons should be confined, as the state faces a federal probe over the issue. The court on … more
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