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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Wednesday indicated that he’s reluctant to support major new tax increases in the legislative session that begins in January.
The first-term Democrat also …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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10/30/25
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Democratic state senators are eyeing an income tax on millionaires as they seek to overcome Washington’s persisting budget shortfall.
Individuals and households would pay a 9.9% tax on …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/30/25
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Two women who tried to get debt relief and down payment assistance through the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle are speaking out about what they call “unfair treatment” and …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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10/30/25
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Proponent Heather Weiner and opponent Bob Hasegawa, a state senator representing the 11th Legislative District in King County, recently debated Senate Joint Resolution 8201, a proposed constitutional …
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By Brett Davis | The Center Square
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10/30/25
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A Washington lawmaker is calling for the state Legislature to give several spending transparency bills he’s sponsored a second look in the wake of allegations made against the state’s …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/29/25
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Roughly half of the more than 1.3 million family caregivers in Washington have been set back financially due to their responsibilities.
That’s one of the sobering findings in a new …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/29/25
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Some Thurston County Democratic candidates are cutting ties with a company hired to do campaign work, after learning that the owner of Seeley Media is a convicted child rapist.
Joshua Headley, a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/29/25
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Voters in western Washington are casting ballots in four legislative races that could reveal whether the electorate wants to change the direction the state is going.
But another factor might be …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/29/25
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Washington state will give food banks $2.2 million per week as they deal with the potential end of food stamp benefits due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The Trump …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/28/25
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Last month, Gov. Bob Ferguson launched the ZEVergreen initiative via the Department of Ecology in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal funding for electric vehicle rebates.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/28/25
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A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to force the release of food assistance funds for 42 million people that the U.S. Department of …
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By Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom
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10/28/25
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Facebook’s parent company is asking Washington state’s high court to overturn what the state’s attorney general has called the largest campaign finance penalty in the nation’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/28/25
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Michigan and Washington scored the most poorly in the nation for religious freedom protections, according to a new report.
Napa Legal Institute, a Catholic nonprofit organization, released the …
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By Andrew Rice / The Center Square
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10/27/25
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A whistleblower has raised serious allegations against Washington state’s Community Reinvestment Program, which, among other things, aims to support homeownership for minorities by providing …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/27/25
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Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end in sight.
Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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10/27/25
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Washington’s lands commissioner, Dave Upthegrove, is on a mission to secure $60 million of additional wildfire funding in next year’s legislative session, despite a tightening budget …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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10/27/25
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Washington’s independent office investigating police deadly force incidents plans to name its second region in the coming weeks and pair it with a roadmap for opening the remaining regions …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/27/25
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Washington's total state and local debt is $143 billion at the end of 2023, the most recent year for which complete data is available, the 10th highest in the nation. That’s according to a new …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/25/25
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School board directors and parents sued Washington state Thursday to block a Democrat-backed law overhauling rights for public school students and their parents.
The policy has become a …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/25/25
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Health insurance premiums for those buying their own insurance plans are set to increase next year as Obama-era tax credits expire.
According to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, the premiums …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/24/25
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