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We’re in the home stretch of Washington’s 2026 legislative session.
It means a near-constant culling of the legislation that lawmakers are considering. Monday and last Wednesday marked …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/26
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A dozen Washington tech sector leaders have released a letter warning that a proposed income tax on people making $1 million or more a year could undermine their industry's development and …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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Republicans in the Washington State House of Representatives pushed back with all they had on Saturday, offering amendments and objections to majority Democrats' supplemental operating budget .
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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Saturday, Feb. 28, marked the 25th anniversary of the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually Earthquake that shook Western Washington’s Puget Sound region. The milestone is a reminder that the best time to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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For an afternoon, the former Sonics stars were together again to watch their old teammate — the one who performed the tasks that didn’t always draw attention — finally and fully step into the …
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Percy Allen / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/2/26
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Legislation to update how Washington state handles childcare licensing and to provide fraud protections and accountability within the Department of Children, Youth & Families is apparently dead …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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A Washington state bill that would dissolve a pension plan created in the 1960s and closed to new members in 1977 took a barrage of criticism during a Feb. 26 public hearing in the Senate Ways & …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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No-cost insurance coverage for vaccines in Washington state will soon hinge on a recommendation from the Department of Health rather than federal guidance under a bill passed by the Legislature on …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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Funding that helps Washington communities plant and sustain trees is on the chopping block in the state Legislature.
House budget legislation would cut funding for the Department of Natural …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/2/26
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Legislation allowing luxury electric vehicle makers Rivian and Lucid to join rival Tesla in selling directly to Washington customers is on a fast track for action in Olympia.
And if it crosses …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/2/26
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Nearly a quarter of pregnant women aren’t getting prenatal care in the early stages of pregnancy, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The …
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Anna Claire Vollers / Stateline
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3/1/26
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U.S. forces have launched “major combat operations” on targets in Iran, President Donald Trump said in a video posted to social media at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Saturday.
Israeli Prime …
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Jacob Fischler and Jane Norman / Washington State Standard
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2/28/26
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The president and chairman of HD Fowler has announced he will step down as chairman after testifying in favor of a proposed income tax currently moving through the Washington State Legislature.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/28/26
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More than $1 billion to bring high-speed internet to more than 166,000 homes and businesses will soon flow in Washington.
The federal government approved the state’s plans for spending the …
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By:Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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Washington Democrats’ controversial income tax bill emerged from a state House panel Friday looking much different than when it arrived.
But it hadn’t changed enough to win over Gov. Bob …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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King County and Seattle have recently taken steps to hamper any possible federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in their jurisdictions, specifically to limit enforcement on local …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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2/27/26
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Democratic lawmakers in Washington state are moving closer to repealing a 2025 law that raised the state’s top estate tax rate to 35%, the highest in the nation.
Senate Bill 6347 , introduced …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/27/26
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Zahid Chaudhry, a U.S. Army veteran, was held in the Northwest ICE Processing Center for four months last year.
He was released in December. While inside, he saw multiple fellow detainees …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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One of the first of an expected 656 signs stating that city property in Seattle cannot be used by federal authorities for civil immigration enforcement efforts has been posted at Jefferson Park in …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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2/26/26
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House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-West Seattle, admits he was intoxicated during a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Wednesday evening.
So much so that the committee chair at one …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/26/26
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