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Washington mothers and their babies will have access to food benefits through the end of the month, even though the federal government remains shut down, the state’s Department of Health said …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Employment data for Washington state won’t be published until after the federal government reopens, the state Employment Security Department confirmed this week.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Washington state’s public pension system is among the best funded in the nation, but concerns remain that long-term planning decisions could end up costing taxpayers in more ways than one.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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The Washington State Office of Financial Management has released cost estimates for the two recently approved Washington Public Employee Association contracts for fiscal year 2026: one for General …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Two teenage boys in Florida are being called heroes for their response to a five-second TikTok video last month that may well have averted disaster all the way across the country.
The video, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson celebrated the state’s award of a $715 million contract for three hybrid electric ferries in July as a milestone in his drive to improve the nation’s largest …
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By Tom Banse and Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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Firearm-related deaths are up dramatically among middle- and high school-aged youth, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.
The researchers found …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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In early January 2022, police officers in Sequim, a small northwest Washington town on the Olympic Peninsula, responded to a wrecked pickup truck partially submerged in water. A bystander reported …
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By Aspen Ford / InvestigateWest
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10/9/25
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A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a critical regulatory hurdle this month, despite opposition from the Yakama Nation.
After that, it would go for …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/8/25
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Washington voters will soon receive ballots in the mail for the Nov. 4 general election.
The only statewide ballot measure is Senate Joint Resolution 8201 , which proposes a constitutional …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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Less than a week after being “unconditionally released” from confinement on McNeil Island, the man who became known as the “South Hill Rapist” is moving into a group home in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has signed two executive orders in anticipation of President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard in the Emerald City.
The first executive order accuses Trump of …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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The founder of the political action committee behind two statewide initiatives concerning parental rights and the protection of girls in sports says he suspects organized groups are behind dozens of …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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States that routinely overpay or underpay food stamp recipients could now lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.
This has Washington officials trying to improve the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/8/25
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Work to close educational achievement gaps for several minority groups in Washington state is being hindered by a lack of data, according to people involved in the yearslong effort.
A new series …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/8/25
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As Oregon awaits more clarity from a federal appeals court on the Trump administration’s attempts to deploy National Guard troops from multiple states to Portland, U.S. Homeland Security …
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By Alex Baumhardt and Julia Shumway / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/7/25
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Washington state’s Climate Commitment Act has successfully weathered another round of legal scrutiny.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a major challenge to the …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/7/25
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The first huckleberry season since the U.S. Forest Service banned commercial harvesting in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest was a resounding success for conservation of the berries, as well as …
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By Henry Brannon / Murrow News
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10/6/25
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The number of students attending Washington State University appears to be stabilizing after dramatic declines following the COVID pandemic, despite those students paying the highest combination of …
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By Nicholas K. Geranios / The Washington State Standard
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10/6/25
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Washington’s push to cut greenhouse gas emissions, expand electric vehicles and grow a clean-energy economy faces new hurdles as the Trump administration rolls back federal climate policies …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/4/25
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