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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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U.S. violent crime fell sharply in 2025, according to preliminary federal data , with murders dropping an estimated 18.1% — a decline that could push the national homicide rate to its lowest level …
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By Amanda Watford / Stateline.org
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5/21/26
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In 2004, Washington became the first state in the country to enact a “Don’t Pass the Trash” law, seeking to prohibit public school districts from allowing K-12 teachers accused of sexual …
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By Moe K. Clark / InvestigateWest
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5/21/26
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Former Seattle Police Officer’s Guild President Mike Solan is celebrating a court victory this week that allows him to move forward with seeking a seat on the Pierce County Council.
Solan …
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Washington's Legislative Ethics Board will determine whether an investigation into a complaint against Rep. Tarra Simmons, D-Bremerton, will proceed after her attorney filed a motion to have it …
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By TJ Martinell | The Center Square
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5/21/26
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Seattle property owners will be asked to approve a plan that will result in higher taxes to fund the renovation of the aging Seattle Center campus, home of the 1962 World’s Fair and numerous iconic …
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By Randy Diamond | 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 / Washington State Standard
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5/21/26
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State pension officials warned Tuesday that a new law allowing the Legislature to pull nearly $4 billion from a retirement plan for first responders will significantly increase the likelihood of …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/20/26
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The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday that would require parental consent before a public elementary or middle school can update a student’s pronouns, gender markers or preferred name on records …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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5/20/26
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During the height of December’s severe flooding, Washington made $3.5 million available to those in need.
Five months later, most of that funding has gone unused.
Gov. Bob Ferguson says …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/20/26
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Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining numbers churning market uncertainty for insurers. In response, …
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News
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5/20/26
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A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline
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5/20/26
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An original member of Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s executive leadership team, who played a key role in boosting the administration’s cooperation with tribes, resigned last month for a private …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/20/26
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University of Washington Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Cliff Mass says the Washington Department of Ecology should “definitively correct misinformation being pushed” about a pending drought …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/20/26
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A week after Let’s Go Washington launched an initiative campaign aimed at repealing the newly passed income tax, the organization tells The Center Square “more people have signed up to receive …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/19/26
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A coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors sued the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday over forthcoming regulations that will impose new borrowing limits for students pursuing …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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5/19/26
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The Trump administration on Tuesday launched an investigation into Washington state’s practice of housing transgender women in its women’s prison.
In a letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson , …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/19/26
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced this week that it will transition away from accepting cash for license product purchases at its offices next month due to a new state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/19/26
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A new state regulatory filing on Monday revealed that Starbucks is laying off 252 more workers across its Seattle headquarters.
The latest filing with the state Employment Security …
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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5/19/26
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Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Stephens declined to comment on communications obtained by The Center Square from the State Attorney General’s Office speculating at the time that …
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By TJ Martinell | The Center Square
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5/19/26
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