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A Republican-backed bill that cleared the Washington State Senate with a unanimous vote would impose mandatory community custody for anyone guilty of unlawful firearm possession.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/25/25
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U.S. Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland, a Democrat representing Washington’s 10th Congressional District, had strong criticism for the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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3/25/25
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Federal immigration law allows the government to deport a person for a decades-old criminal conviction, regardless of their ties to the United States and whether they’ve completed their …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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3/25/25
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Democrats in Washington’s House and Senate agree on one thing when it comes to the state’s budget shortfall: it’ll take hefty taxes on wealthy individuals and companies to solve.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/25/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday reversed a decision by former Gov. Jay Inslee to allow a man convicted of a triple murder more than four decades ago to be released from state prison.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/25/25
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Proponents and critics of a Washington state bill regarding public health continue to argue over the exact impacts it will have on matters such as vaccine mandates or restrictions in response to the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/24/25
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Democrats in the Washington State Senate on Monday released a proposed $78.5 billion operating budget for the 2025-2027 biennium, up from the $72.4 billion in the current 2023-2025 biennium.
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/24/25
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After Boeing workers went on strike for over seven weeks last year, Washington state may soon provide up to three months of benefits to those on the picket line if a Democratic bill becomes law.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/24/25
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Washington drivers would see higher gas taxes beginning this summer under transportation funding plans state House and Senate lawmakers unveiled Monday.
The chambers approach what would be the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/24/25
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A labor union representing most employees at Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife says it’s troubled that a member of a commission that oversees the agency may not get reappointed …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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3/24/25
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U.S. senators from California and Nevada joined their Democratic colleagues to call on Trump and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate a reported $1 billion for meals provided by schools …
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By Liam Hibbert / The Center Square
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3/23/25
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Longtime Washington Democratic Rep. Frank Chopp, who became one of the state’s most powerful House speakers over the two decades he held the leadership role, died Saturday. He was 71.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/23/25
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Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office says it is weighing all the evidence ahead of the planned release of convicted triple murderer Timothy Pauley, who was granted clemency by former …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/21/25
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A King County Superior Court judge on Friday invalidated the ballot measure approved by voters in November that seeks to slow Washington’s shift from natural gas toward technology like electric …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/21/25
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Two incarcerated individuals at the Washington Corrections Center (WCC) in Shelton who presented mumps symptoms last week tested negative for the virus on Monday.
Out of caution, the Washington …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/21/25
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Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders to increase logging in national forests and on other federal lands.
Trump’s orders direct federal agencies to …
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By Alex Brown / States Newsroom
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3/21/25
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The Senate Early Learning & K-12 Committee got an earful Thursday from supporters and detractors of proposed legislation “promoting a safe and supportive public education system” that …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/20/25
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A bill moving through the Washington state Legislature would allow lawful permanent residents and foreign nationals who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/20/25
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Staff at the Washington attorney general’s office argue a furlough will just mean unpaid hours because the agency’s work has to get done.
They say about $20 million in proposed …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/20/25
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Ralph Munro, Washington’s longest-serving secretary of state and a moderate Republican who achieved unusually broad popularity across the political spectrum, died early Thursday at his …
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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3/20/25
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