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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson wants to slash government spending by 6%. He calculates this will save roughly $1.8 billion in the next two-year state budget and erase about a third of a projected …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/12/25
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Washington State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, is standing by comments he made last week to a Fox News reporter about 13-year-old children making their own health care decisions …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/11/25
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WASHINGTON — More than two dozen faith groups Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Trump administration’s decision to rescind a 30-year-old policy that restricted …
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By Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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2/11/25
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Democratic state lawmakers are aiming to erase a voter-approved limit on annual property tax hikes as a way to generate hundreds of millions of dollars for public schools and local governments.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/11/25
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While recognized as a delicacy around the world, state lawmakers may advance a proposal Wednesday to outlaw foie gras and the practice of “force-feeding” across Washington.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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2/11/25
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Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning medical providers from performing gender reassignment or affirming procedures, such as mastectomies or prescribing puberty …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/11/25
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After years of discussion around the possibility of a road usage charge (RUC) system to replace the state gas tax as a primary source of transportation funding, a high-ranking Washington House …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/11/25
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department was hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts after the Department of Government Efficiency announced its latest terminations of contracts …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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2/11/25
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Washington has regained access to more than $150 million in previously frozen federal funds for solar energy projects, state officials said.
For at least a week, the state Department of Commerce …
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By: Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/11/25
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As-salamu alaykum, a greeting among Muslims that translates to peace be upon you, is how Sen. Yasmin Trudeau began recent testimony for her bill that would establish Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/11/25
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A bill introduced in the Washington State Legislature this session would bolster an existing law that seeks to shield individuals receiving or providing “protected health care services,” …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/10/25
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A Washington state bill adding “gender identity” and illegal immigrants as new protected classes in the public school system has cleared its first committee amid concerns from some …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/10/25
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A Republican lawmaker from Spokane has introduced House Bill 1699 , known as the “Defending Equity in Interscholastic Sports Act,” that, according to a news release , “seeks to …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/10/25
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Police in Washington would be barred from stopping drivers solely for nonmoving violations, like expired tabs or a broken headlight, under a Democratic-backed bill in the state Legislature.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/10/25
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State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen didn’t foresee the furor that would erupt over his description of a four-decade-old Washington law limiting parental power.
“Kids over 13 …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/10/25
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Over 700 incarcerated people in Washington state prisons are serving additional time for crimes they committed as minors. If a new bill introduced in the Legislature last week passes, they could be …
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By Aspen Ford / Investigate West
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2/10/25
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With dwindling federal funds and a looming state budget shortfall, Washington lawmakers are trying to figure out how to keep paying for services for crime victims.
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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2/10/25
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A Democratic-led effort to require clergy members in Washington to report child abuse or neglect, even when it is disclosed in confession, is moving closer to being voted on in both chambers of the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/10/25
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The group behind the 2024 initiative that led to the Parental Bill of Rights in Washington is weighing potential options now that majority Democrats are championing a bill that would repeal most of …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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The Washington state Department of Ecology is seeing nearly $53 million in federal funding being held up as a result of a recent funding freeze.
Last month, a memo from the White House paused …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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