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During a Thursday morning public hearing , the House Finance Committee heard testimony — both for and against — on three tax increases proposed by majority party Democrats in the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/4/25
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Puget Sound-based commerce organizations are strongly urging state lawmakers not to raise taxes on businesses to address a projected budget shortfall and instead find ways to live within their means.
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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4/4/25
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How much Washington should raise in new tax revenue and who will pay is something state lawmakers and Gov. Bob Ferguson will hash out in the final weeks of the legislative session.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/4/25
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Washington is suing a property management software company and a handful of landlords over allegations they colluded to inflate rents through a price-fixing scheme, Attorney General Nick Brown …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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4/3/25
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This article was first published by High Country News .
The U.S. Forest Service announced this week that it will temporarily prohibit commercial picking of huckleberries this summer in Gifford …
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Josephine Woolington / High Country News / Washington State Standard
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4/3/25
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Defying Olympia, the Spokane Valley City Council passed a resolution Tuesday explicitly opposing what many call Washington’s “sanctuary state” law, despite residents' pleas to …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/3/25
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A bill that gained bipartisan support in the Washington state Senate to strengthen online safety for children has failed to move forward in the House.
Senate Bill 5708 came at the request …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/2/25
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Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate will have plenty of negotiating to do as they try to reconcile competing transportation budget proposals, which both depend on gas tax hikes.
The …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/2/25
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Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5181 , amending the parents’ bill of rights initiative that passed the Legislature last year, was voted out of executive session in the House Education …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/1/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday put the kibosh on Democratic lawmakers’ plans to use billions of dollars from a proposed wealth tax to balance the state budget.
Ferguson, a …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/1/25
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Amtrak is moving train cars to the Northwest from other parts of the country to swap in for 26 cars abruptly pulled from service in late March due to corrosion problems.
The issues with the …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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4/1/25
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The Washington state House passed its budget just after midnight on Tuesday, setting the stage for negotiations with the Senate and the governor on a spending blueprint to address a looming …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/1/25
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Democratic lawmakers have revamped their approach to banning flavored tobacco products in Washington.
In new bills filed Friday in the state House and Senate, the original prohibition on …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/1/25
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Dozens of victims of domestic and sexual violence and their families and supporters gathered in Olympia on Saturday for a "Safe Childhood Now Rally" to advocate for legislation that aims to lay out …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/31/25
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Amid rising tensions with Washington, D.C., state lawmakers advanced a bill Friday that would grant Gov. Bob Ferguson authority to prohibit another National Guard from entering his state.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/31/25
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Funding of Washington’s public schools is one of the tougher wrinkles House and Senate budget writers must iron out in the weeks ahead.
Democrat-drafted proposals in the two chambers are …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/31/25
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Ana Rosa Bello broke down in tears as she recalled the repeated abuse she has endured as a housekeeper in Seattle.
Bello described wage theft, discrimination, threats to her and her …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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3/31/25
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A divided Washington state Senate on Saturday approved a hike in the state’s gas tax and a two-year budget that hinges on billions of dollars from new taxes on the state’s wealthiest …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/29/25
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A Washington state lawmaker is backing a bill to tweak a program he helped establish that offers wallet-sized cards with information about a protection order.
The Hope Card Program , enacted in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/29/25
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As the debate heats up in Olympia over competing budget proposals, one of the cost-cutting ideas offered by majority party Democrats in the state Legislature is getting some Republican pushback.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/28/25
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