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Ballot envelopes sit in the Thurston County elections center. (Photo by Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard)
Trump administration’s Washington voter roll lawsuit dismissed
SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Washington seeking the state’s voter rolls, in line with many rulings across the country. … more
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Offut Lake is seen from above in 2022.
Toxic algae advisories issued for Offut Lake, Clear Lake in Thurston County 
Thurston County Public Health and Social Services on Tuesday, Sept. 22, announced toxic algae blooms have been found in Clear Lake Offutt Lake. Lab results from a sample taken from Clear Lake on … more
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is urging President Donald Trump to embargo diesel fuel exports as rising costs impact farmers in his largely agricultural state. Grassley is shown at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on July 23, 2026.
Diesel prices shoot upward as top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for export embargo
Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to … more
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Grizzly bears in the lower 48 states are federally protected as a threatened species. A new memo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik says that endangered animals may be killed as long as the action was not “intentionally directed at a particular animal or animals.”
Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. … more
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Washington, 11 other states reach settlement with Paramount, Warner Bros. over merger
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery may move forward with a merger under the conditions that they boost film production, support displaced workers and preserve competition among cable channels over … more
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Washington’s medication collection program faces hurdles despite success
Washington’s program to collect medication so it doesn’t end up in the wrong hands has brought in over 1 million pounds of drugs since 2020, according to a state audit. But it’s still … more
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‘I voted’ stickers in the entry room of the Thurston County Ballot Processing Center in Tumwater on Thursday, Oct. 30.
Conservative Heritage Foundation election integrity scorecard ranks Washington near bottom
Washington ranks near the bottom of a newly updated election integrity scorecard from the Heritage Foundation, continuing the debate over voter registration, election rolls and the state's … more
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An ICE officer coordinates with officials during an enforcement operation in San Antonio on Feb. 5, 2025. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Flickr / PDM 1.0
ICE arrests surge as Washington candidates split over enforcement
Immigration arrests in Washington surged this summer, with federal immigration officers detaining about 705 people in June and another 700 in July statewide, according to records from the Deportation … more
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Works in Progress managing editors Maria Bressler, left, Arlo Dolven, right, and Antonio, holding the newspaper at center, pose for a photo during a launch party for the return of Works in Progress' print newspaper at the Brotherhood Lounge in Olympia on Friday, Sept. 9, 2026.
Longtime alternative community newspaper returns to print
Olympia’s longtime independent, volunteer-run news outlet is returning to print.     Works in Progress relaunched its print edition Friday, Sept. 9, after a three-year hiatus from … more
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State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti speaks during a Legislative Media Day at the Washington state Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 19, in Olympia.
Treasurer seeks public input for Washington state dollar coin celebrating innovation
Washington state Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti is requesting concepts from the public for Washington’s submission to the United States Mint American Innovation $1 Coin Program, a news release from … more
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Ballots stored in a secure facility at the Thurston County Ballot Processing Center in Tumwater on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025.
Military and overseas ballots mailed to Thurston County voters for Nov. 3 election
The Thurston County Auditor’s Elections Division has mailed over 10,000 General Election ballots to military and overseas voters registered in Thurston County.  Military and overseas … more
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Haley Ness collected a stack of internal communications and documents from her time working as a Lead Investigator in Washington's Adult Protective Services department until she was terminated from her job in 2024. Ness alleges that leadership was ignoring her requests for support in cases she handled in the job and printed out documents in order to have evidence that she was making these requests. ..In July 2026, Ness sent an email to stakeholders in APS and other state agencies calling out APS leadership and asking for accountability in what she alleges is insufficient care for the vulnerable population she served. She is seen here near her home in Puyallup, Washington, USA, on Thu., Sept. 10, 2026. While Ness worked at APS, from June 2022 to November 2024, she said she handled complex and high profile investigations in the abuse, neglect, and exploitation, of vulnerable adults, including cases with very aggressive perpetrators. She says leadership in APS ignored her requests related to these cases.
Washington is fighting to limit its duty to protect vulnerable adults
Starting in February 2020, investigators with Washington Adult Protective Services responded to nine reports about Raymond Bell, a 71-year-old man with dementia and no nearby family. Neighbors, … more
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Proposed Head Start changes leave Washington job impact unclear
Proposed changes to the federal Head Start program could reshape early-learning programs nationwide, but the impact on Washington jobs remains unclear as local districts prepare for potential … more
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Members of the Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition celebrated a major milestone in August when the group fundraised $260,000 to conserve 13 acres of forests in the Doc Holliday timber sale. By mid-September, they raised enough to bring the total to 29. (Photo courtesy of the Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition)
Trees in coastal temperate rainforest spared from the chopping block
A grassroots organization has successfully raised enough money to spare 29 acres of trees on state forestland in the Northern Olympic Peninsula from being cut down, employing a new conservation … more
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The Oregon Department of Transportation works on safety improvements along the Portland and Gresham city limits.
Oregon has one of the nation’s largest funding gaps to meet road maintenance needs
Oregon has one of the largest gaps in the country between its highway and bridge maintenance needs and what it spends on addressing them, according to a national study.  Oregon is falling … more
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Alabamans hold up signs that read “No Data Center” at a County Commission meeting on Aug. 24, 2026, in Hayneville, Alabama, in the Lowndes County Courthouse.
Data Center Backlash Unites Congress, but Next Steps Remain Unclear
The rare 2026 issue that draws huge support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress is the same one that’s mobilized many Americans: restrictions on giant data centers. The House has … more
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Law firm backs student suing UW over race-based admissions
A law firm specializing in government policies is taking up the case against The University of Washington on behalf of an Asian man who was denied admission, despite graduating high school with a … more
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Father sues Washington state school over LGBTQ opt-out refusal
The Lake Washington School District is facing a federal lawsuit brought by a father who says the district repeatedly denied his requests to opt his son out of LGBTQ instruction. Konstantin … more
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Voters at Deering High School in Portland cast their ballot in Maine’s June 9, 2026 primary election. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)
With vote-by-mail court fight settled, attention shifts to protections at the polls
Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now … more
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Krista Perez, a candidate for a Washington state House seat, sits next to defense attorney Scott McGinty during an arraignment hearing on Friday, Sept. 18, in Tacoma Municipal Court. Perez pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence. (Photo by Aspen Ford/Washington State Standard)
Democratic Washington House candidate pleads not guilty to DUI charge
A Democratic candidate for the Washington state House of Representatives pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence Friday in her first court appearance after she was arrested last month … more
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