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The 2025 Washington state legislative session is scheduled to come to a close in less than two weeks, but that’s not stopping Washington Republican Party Chair and state Rep. Jim Walsh, …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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4/15/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill Friday, April 11, that will require sexually violent predators to wear GPS monitors. House Bill 1457 is a bipartisan bill sponsored by the two House representatives …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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4/15/25
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Democratic lawmakers in Washington are beginning to lay out the buffet of tax increases they want to use to fill most of a $16 billion state budget shortfall.
There are hikes in business and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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4/15/25
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The Washington state Senate on Monday approved legislation to require a new state permit to buy guns.
The debate over House Bill 1163 has been one of the most contentious this legislative …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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Washington House lawmakers, for nearly five hours on Monday, battled through the latest round of debate in the state Legislature over parental rights.
Democrats say the bill they approved …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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The Trump administration on Monday launched an investigation into the Washington office tasked with overseeing public schools, citing allegations that the state directed a school district to …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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When Washington’s 147 legislators kicked off the 2025 session three months ago, solving the problem of an ever-growing shortfall in the state’s next operating budget topped their to-do …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/14/25
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The Trump administration on Friday denied Washington’s request for federal disaster relief to recover from last year’s bomb cyclone that caused tens of millions of dollars in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/14/25
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This article was first published by TVW .
Despite growing national backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Stephens says the …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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4/14/25
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The Washington State Senate on Friday approved Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1296 , one of this session’s most controversial and divisive pieces of legislation, on a 30-19 party-line vote.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/13/25
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The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has canceled $3.9 million in grants to the Washington State Library, putting key programs and at least 30 jobs in jeopardy.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/13/25
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Organized labor secured a major win Saturday as Democrats in the state House pushed through legislation to provide striking workers in Washington with unemployment benefits.
But union leaders …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/13/25
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Washington is poised to require clergy members to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession.
Nearly two-thirds of state House members approved a Senate bill on …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/12/25
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Following a contentious floor debate, the state Senate approved a bill Friday that would guarantee public school students in Washington certain rights.
Senate Democrats pushed the bill …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/25
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Possible increases in property taxes and business and occupation taxes have garnered the lion’s share of headlines this legislative session, as has a possible statewide payroll tax and a …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington State Legislature passed a bill Thursday declaring it “unprofessional conduct” for bail bond recovery agents – better known as bounty hunters – to enforce civil …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday targeting state-level climate policies — including Washington state's Climate Commitment Act — calling them unconstitutional …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will turn over 15 surplus wildfire engines to fire districts in wildfire-prone rural communities across Washington state this spring.
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/11/25
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Providence Medical Group Southwest will officially consolidate its two women’s health specialty clinics in Olympia on April 28 to adjacent locations in the same building.
The new clinic …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/11/25
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The Washington State Senate has passed a bill previously approved by the House of Representatives that would prohibit governors of other states from sending their National Guard into Washington …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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