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Three Washington state senators said the biting testimony Pierce County’s sheriff delivered during a committee hearing Thursday was threatening to legislators.
Sheriff Keith Swank delivered …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/16/26
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A new bill sponsored by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, would allow workers injured on the job to record independent medical examinations.
Abbarno pre-filed House Bill 2336, which would …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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Washington state Department of Children Youth and Families staff downplayed any fraud in the daycare subsidy system Thursday during a work session before the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/16/26
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Washington Policy Center and the Citizen Action Defense Fund are applying more pressure in their lawsuit that hopes to force the Department of Ecology to produce climate data as required by the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/16/26
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Washington state’s percolating “millionaire’s tax” would result in a top marginal rate of more than 18% for high-income earners in Seattle, based on the combined effects of several state and …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/16/26
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump outlined his health care proposals to Congress on Thursday, asking lawmakers to approve several broad policy changes “without delay” — but left out any …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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1/16/26
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Microsoft President Brad Smith leads some of the tech giant’s work in areas ranging from artificial intelligence to cybersecurity to environmental sustainability.
Right now, housing issues …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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1/16/26
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The U.S. Forest Service has announced a new public survey to investigate the impacts of its 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
“Hearing …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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1/15/26
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OLYMPIA – As the Seahawks prepare to kick off their hopeful Super Bowl run this weekend, Gov. Bob Ferguson and a group of state lawmakers have brought playoff fever to the Capitol.
Joined by …
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By Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review
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1/15/26
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Four Washington school districts are under federal investigation for reportedly allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports, escalating long-simmering tensions between the Trump …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/15/26
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Yale Moon, a senior at Lake Washington High School, uses generative artificial intelligence in his free time to create fake images and videos.
He also sees other content that he recognizes …
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ByJake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/15/26
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Octopus is back on the policy menu for Washington state lawmakers.
A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus advanced out of the House Agriculture and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/15/26
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The Seattle city attorney and Washington attorney general say recent threats by President Donald Trump to halt federal payments to sanctuary jurisdictions starting in February lack legal standing.
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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1/14/26
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Washington state is pushing back against a recent order from the federal government that would keep the TransAlta plant near Centralia ready to burn coal through the winter.
Washington state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently released a video recorded in Onalaska High School’s shop class that outlined her amendment to make advanced placement (AP) credits available …
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1/14/26
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Washington state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has introduced legislation to strengthen Washington's Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA), expanding timelines for evaluation and treatment of people …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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In giving his first State of the State address as the leader of the executive branch in Washington, Gov. Bob Ferguson appeared to embrace his role as a Democrat governor in a Democrat-controlled …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/14/26
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A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about policy proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session, with lead lawmakers and the governor lining up in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/14/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday celebrated the “heart and spirit” in Washington communities ravaged by flooding in December, then pumped up fellow Democrats with calls for taxing millionaires and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/14/26
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New York, California and Oregon are leading 12 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over allegedly threatening to withhold billions of dollars in grants unless states …
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By Dave Mason / The Center Square
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1/13/26
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