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As triple-digit temperatures and heat advisories continue to appear across Oregon, some state prisons and the incarcerated Oregonians they house are going without a key tool to beat the heat: central …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/25/26
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Oregonians won’t vote in November on whether to ban hunting, fishing, livestock farming and animal research after backers of a widely criticized initiative failed to gather enough valid signatures …
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Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/25/26
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A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has joined a lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration’s halt of onshore wind projects in the United States.
Last week, 18 states and …
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Alex Brown / Stateline
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7/25/26
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A record number of Washington high school students applied for college financial aid this past school year, state officials announced Thursday.
As of this week, 46,168 seniors in the Class of …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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7/25/26
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After school cellphone bans passed many statehouses with bipartisan support in recent legislative sessions, state lawmakers are turning to legislation governing how long students should spend looking …
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Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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7/25/26
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling is raising questions about whether Washington can continue enforcing state laws that limit spending that political parties coordinate with their candidates.
In a 6-3 …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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7/24/26
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Visitors to the Washington state Capitol won’t be greeted by the towering figure of missionary Marcus Whitman much longer.
He’s getting moved from the north entryway down the hall in the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/24/26
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Idaho recently closed the books on fiscal year 2026, ending in the black while rolling over approximately $250 million in cash balances to its general fund for next year, while its neighbor faces a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/23/26
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Public sector unions, which will directly benefit from the millionaire's tax, make up virtually all the contributions to the campaign against the initiative to repeal Washington’s newly enacted …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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7/23/26
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Washington could spend $1 million repairing damage from vandalism at the state Capitol last year.
Restoring a historic wool rug in the state Reception Room as close as possible to its …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/23/26
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A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has joined a lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration’s halt of onshore wind projects in the United States.
Last week, 18 states and …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline.org
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7/23/26
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The director of Washington’s Department of Enterprise Services is out and the leader of another agency is in charge temporarily, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Wednesday.
Director Matt Jones, a …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/22/26
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High school students in Washington may soon have more options to connect coursework with their career plans.
In the first comprehensive update to graduation requirements in over a …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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7/22/26
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The Oregon Department of State Lands is proposing for the first time to charge multinational telecommunications and tech companies for using the seafloor off the state’s Pacific Coast for …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/22/26
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Every day seems to provide more evidence that Washington-based businesses are leaving the state or expanding outside the state because of the mounting tax and regulatory burden.
Some of those …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/21/26
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Washington’s runaway payouts for government misconduct climbed to $537 million in the past year, as the ever-growing sum continues to strain the state’s finances.
That tally from the fiscal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/21/26
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Earlier this month, U.S. Congresswoman Emily Randall, D-Washington, introduced the bipartisan Northwest Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act of 2026 aimed at helping recover endangered salmon …
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By The Daily World
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7/21/26
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Washington’s K-12 education oversight agency is proposing a series of policy changes to improve the state’s handling of teacher misconduct allegations.
In a letter sent to the state’s …
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By Moe K. Clark / InvestigateWest
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7/21/26
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Shortly after Kalispel Tribal Police Detective Phineas Haglin arrested a woman at the Northern Quest Resort and Casino outside Spokane, Washington, he found a hotel security guard and asked if video …
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By Melanie Henshaw / InvestigateWest
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7/21/26
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A little more than a year after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum revoking Biden administration actions that supported the removal of the four lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington, …
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Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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7/21/26
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