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The John Braun for Congress campaign says it has cracked $1 million in fundraising since launching last September.
The campaign announced Thursday, March 12, that it had hit the $1 million …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/18/26
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This fall, students in Washington who attend private universities and receive state financial aid will see their tuition awards reduced by nearly a third.
Though a bill to prevent this …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/18/26
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Businessman Marc Barros says he has left Washington and is taking his Seattle-based company with him because taxes have become too burdensome.
Barros posted on X that it's not even about …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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3/18/26
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WASHINGTON — Electricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least a 10% jump, according to a congressional report …
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By Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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3/17/26
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Rivian and Lucid could soon be able to sell cars from a showroom in the same way Tesla has done for more than a decade.
Late-arriving legislation that sped through the process would open the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/17/26
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In her two years as the Anacortes Town Crier, Julie Nester has proclaimed and oyez, oyez, oyez’d at the community’s Christmas tree lighting, the Fourth of July parade and sister cities golf …
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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3/17/26
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The price tag to construct a new interstate bridge linking Washington and Oregon has doubled to $14.4 billion , officials from the two states said Tuesday.
That means elements of the massive …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/17/26
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Two-time Republican Washington Third Congressional District candidate Joe Kent on Tuesday announced his resignation as Trump-appointed director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, citing …
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Cade Barker / CT Publishing
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3/17/26
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is accelerating her plan to find interim housing for the homeless with a new goal of getting 500 residents off the streets before the June 15 start of The FIFA World Cup at …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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3/16/26
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In the final hours of the 2026 legislative session, majority Democrats pushed through controversial legislation that creates a Washington state transmission authority within the Commerce Department …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/16/26
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Facing a near supermajority, the chair of the Washington State Republican Party has his eyes on five districts heading into the 2026 election cycle in an attempt to regain some control over Olympia.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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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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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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