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As Olympia faces another shortfall, state health care officials said Monday that the governor’s supplemental budget proposal could impact Washington’s Recovery Navigator Program.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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While motorists in much of the rest of the nation are seeing gas prices below $3 a gallon, drivers in Washington state continue to deal with fuel costs averaging closer to $4 a gallon, thanks to …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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An anti-tax crowd gathered at the state capitol in Olympia on Saturday, with protesters expressing frustration over a lack of affordability and even touching on concerns about alleged daycare fraud …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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Washington is close to opening a new incentive program for commercial fleet operators to transition trucks and other vehicles to models that run on electric or hydrogen power.
Industry groups …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/5/26
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Supporters of two citizen initiatives, one focused on parental rights and another on barring transgender athletes from girls’ sports, moved closer Friday to getting those measures before the …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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1/5/26
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Let's Go Washington has a Friday deadline – the day after New Year’s Day – to submit nearly 309,000 valid signatures for two new legislative initiatives concerning parental rights in schools …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/2/26
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Washington state Reps. Matt Marshall, R-Eatonville, and Hunter Abell, R-Inchelium, have introduced legislation to formally recognize Christmas Eve, Hanukkah, Easter and other Christian and Jewish …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/26
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State Rep. Jeremie Dufault, R-Selah, has introduced two bills for the upcoming 2026 legislative session to roll back some of the recently implemented tax hikes adopted by majority Democrats during …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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1/2/26
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The 2026 midterm elections promise to bring fierce competition as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress.
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election …
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By Andrew Rice | The Center Square
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1/2/26
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Washington spent much of the 1970s trying to become a center for nuclear power, with plans for five huge fission reactors at Richland and Satsop.
Then came cost overruns, construction problems, …
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By John Stang / The Washington State Standard
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1/2/26
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Recent raids by the Department of Homeland Security in Minnesota over allegations of mass childcare center fraud has inspired scrutiny over similar licensed businesses in Washington state, while the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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12/31/25
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The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted.
A USPS rule that …
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Jonathan Shorman / Stateline
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12/31/25
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Tax hikes on big business and rental cars. Unemployment benefits for workers on strike.
Those are just a few of the changes to state law taking effect in Washington on New Year’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/30/25
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The United States Supreme Court is set to take up major gun rights cases in 2026 with decisions that could reshape access to firearms for millions of Americans.
The Center Square spoke with …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/29/25
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After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt …
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By Mia Maldonado / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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12/29/25
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Federal immigration agents arrested about 1,100 people in Oregon this year, immigration experts estimate — a surge from the 113 arrests recorded in all of 2024.
In August, the Trump …
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By Mia Maldonado / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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12/29/25
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UNION GAP, Wash. — On a chilly fall morning, farmworkers fanned out through an orchard here to pick rose-hued apples from green rows of trees that flank this central Washington valley’s irrigated …
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By Hal Bernton / The Washington State Standard
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12/29/25
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As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies …
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Bernard J. Wolfson / KFF Health News
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12/28/25
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A recently released report from the office of Lt. Gov. Denny Heck suggests vacant big-box stores and empty strip malls in many communities could be a partial solution for Washington state’s housing …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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12/27/25
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The city of Vancouver, Wash., has appointed veteran fire service leader John L. Drake II as its new permanent fire chief, citing his decades of experience overseeing large metropolitan emergency …
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Spencer Pauley | The Center Square
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12/27/25
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