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The state Supreme Court on Thursday invalidated a ballot measure approved by voters in 2024 that sought to slow Washington’s shift from natural gas toward technology like electric heat pumps.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/17/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson has yet to decide whether Washington will join 31 other states that have opted into a new federal tax program aimed at driving more private dollars into the education of K-12 …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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9/16/26
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Washington’s new permit-to-purchase requirement for firearms is moving from the statehouse to implementation, with the Washington State Patrol now building the system that will require firearm …
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By Austin Reed / The Center Square
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9/16/26
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Association of Washington Business (AWB) leadership will support efforts to repeal the state's new high earners income tax dubbed by its creators as the “millionaire’s tax” as well as three …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/26
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SEATTLE — Genome sciences professor Doug Fowler a few months back got word from the federal government that his $3 million per year grant would be renewed.
The grant pays for about a …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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9/16/26
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A new National Firearms Survey finds an estimated 88 million American adults own approximately 461 million firearms as questions about guns and public safety swirl in Washington state and nationwide.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/15/26
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A group of 62 current and former Washington judges is defending state Supreme Court candidate Sean O’Donnell after his opponent accused him of pursuing a partisan agenda in the race for Position 4.
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Austin Reed / The Center Square
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9/15/26
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The co-founder of DocuSign has come out in strong support for the initiative to repeal Washington’s new income tax, warning Washingtonian’s that he thinks the so-called millionaire’s tax will …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/15/26
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Two of Washington’s hottest ballot battles will be the subject of prime-time televised debates next month.
On Oct. 8, a former congresswoman and the leader of a statewide labor organization …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/15/26
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Washington needs to spend another $1.3 billion over the next two years to address skyrocketing lawsuit payouts due to state government misconduct, according to a recently filed budget request from a …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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9/15/26
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Mayor Katie Wilson has walked back a campaign promise to provide indoor shelter for all of Seattle’s homeless residents.
Wilson, in a press release, is citing budget limitations and …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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9/15/26
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After nearly eight years leading Yellowstone National Park, Superintendent Cameron “Cam” Sholly will join the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, said a news release Friday from Yellowstone …
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Daily Montanan Staff
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9/15/26
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Declining birth rates mean fewer students.
And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools.
“The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of …
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Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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9/15/26
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In an unexpected move, President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Pete Serrano, a former state attorney general candidate from Pasco, to be the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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9/15/26
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More than 20,000 ballots were rejected in Washington's August primary after U.S. Postal Service policy changes, with rural and Latino-heavy counties taking the biggest hit.
However, additional …
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Sydney Jackson / The Center Square
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9/14/26
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Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, will hold two mobile office hour sessions in the area this month.
Gluesenkamp Perez’s office announced Monday it would hold a three-hour …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/14/26
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Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos has rarely faced a competitive election challenge in her nearly three decades in the Washington Legislature.
Now Santos, the longtime chair of the House Education …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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9/14/26
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Seattle City Councilmember Bob Kettle acknowledged receiving a long-awaited formal explanation from Mayor Katie Wilson’s administration regarding the forced resignation of former Seattle Police …
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Andrew Paxton | The Center Square
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9/13/26
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President Donald Trump tried to maintain power following his loss in the 2020 election by exerting pressure on state election officials to, in some cases, “find” the votes.
Loyalist …
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Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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9/13/26
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Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman tasked by the Trump administration to head the nation’s leading worker protection agency, oversaw harassment …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/13/26
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