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A data center along the Columbia River Gorge.
Is the honeymoon over for data centers in Washington?
Data center regulations are the event horizon that communities across the nation, including in Washington state, are calling on their elected officials to achieve.  The blue wave that … more
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Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal speaks during a Legislative Media Day at the Washington state Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 19, in Olympia.
Washington state schools chief won’t seek re-election in 2028
Chris Reykdal, who has led Washington state’s public school system through a period of financial and political upheaval, and a pandemic, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election to a … more
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A person holds a “Protect Medicaid” sign in front of Oregon State Capital in Salem on May 1, 2025. (Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Washington, four other state AGs sue over Trump’s Medicaid work requirements
Four Democratic state attorneys generals are suing the Trump administration over its plan to enact work requirements for people enrolled in Medicaid beginning in 2027.  In 2025, the massive … more
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Washington state schools prepare to sue the state for failing to fund public education
Three large Washington school districts are preparing to sue the state, alleging it is once again failing to fully fund basic education.  School boards for the Lake Washington, Tacoma and … more
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Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank testifies before the Washington state Senate Law and Justice Committee in Olympia on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Screenshot courtesy of TVW)
In Washington, voters keep a controversial county sheriff in the saddle
Voters in one Washington state county want to keep electing the sheriff, even if they are not enamored with the one in the job today. In another, they preserved their ability to know the … more
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Air taxi to Legislature: Spokane-Olympia direct flights to launch in 2027
Traveling from eastern Washington to Olympia for the state’s Legislative session just got easier. SeaPort Airlines announced a new air service between Spokane and the state capital on … more
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Pierce County man sentenced to 15 years for sex crimes involving children
A federal judge sentenced a Pierce County man to 15 years in prison Monday after he was convicted of multiple sex crimes involving children. Randy Lee Young, 40, was arrested Nov. 16, 2024, and … more
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Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs speaks to reporters about voting alongside King County Elections Director Julie Wise ahead of the midterm elections on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, in Renton. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
Feds can’t force Washington  to set aside alleged noncitizen ballots, judge rules
The Trump administration can’t force Washington state election officials to set aside ballots from 400-plus voters alleged to be noncitizens, a federal judge in Seattle ruled Thursday. The … more
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek speaks at the Oregon Democratic Party's election night watch party in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Her victory came amid a nationwide wave of support for Democratic candidates during the midterm elections.
Amid blue wave, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek won a swift reelection. Was the mandate in her favor?
Joined by her wife, her closest aides and allies and the Democratic party apparatus that buoyed her to reelection Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek offered a prompt caveat: The path to improve the … more
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Firefighters respond to the Hat Rock Fire in rural Umatilla County in June 2023.
Oregon voters on Tuesday passed most local fire, school funding proposals
Oregonians on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved new, or renewed, taxes to fund rural firefighting departments and school districts. Funding for local fire districts were on ballots in one quarter … more
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The Cle Elum Ridge is Washington’s newest community forest. (Photo by Benjamin Drummond)
The Nature Conservancy opens new community forest in Cle Elum
The Nature Conservancy, an international environmental nonprofit, just acquired 2,600 acres of timberland in central Washington. Historically owned by industrial timber companies, the lands … more
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Podcaster Brandi Kruse introduces high school students Frances Staudt, of Tumwater High School, and Ahnaleigh Wilson, of Eastmont High School, at a Let’s Go Washington rally supporting initiatives concerning parental rights and barring transgender athletes from participating in girls’ athletics at the Washington state Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
“The fight over I-638 is just beginning,” says Washington Democratic Party chair
Backers of Initiative 638 have officially announced that the measure has passed. Opponents of the ballot measure to keep biological males out of girls’ sports are also conceding that the … more
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Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks during a “12” flag raising ceremony at the state Capitol in Olympia on Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Gov. Bob Ferguson meets with NBA commissioner amid expansion doubts
Washington’s governor met again with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday to push the case for the return of the Seattle SuperSonics as league expansion here remains uncertain. Brionna … more
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People rejoice at the Washington State Democratic Party election night gathering in Seattle, Washington on Nov. 3, 2026. (Photo by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero/Washington State Standard).
Blue wave carries Democrats to supermajority in Washington state House
Democrats in the Washington state House of Representatives are eyeing a supermajority as Thursday vote tallies put them on course to unseat a half-dozen incumbent Republicans and flip a GOP-held seat … more
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Tumwater High School student Frances Staudt speaks about IL26-638 that would bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ athletics during a “listening session” with Republican state lawmakers at the Washington state Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Trans sports bans get voter approval in 4 states
Voters in four states — Arizona , Colorado , Nebraska and Washington — are on track to pass or have passed measures to restrict transgender athletes’ participation in sports, a key policy focus … more
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Washington state Attorney General Nick, alongside attorneys from his office, speaks to reporters outside the King County Courthouse after a $900 million verdict against Albertsons for its role in fueling the opioid crisis on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Seattle. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
Albertsons must pay $900M for role in Washington opioid crisis, judge rules
SEATTLE — Grocery giant Albertsons must pay Washington state $900 million for its pharmacies’ role in fueling the opioid epidemic, a judge ruled Thursday. Washington Attorney General Nick … more
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson discusses the midterm election results on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Olympia.
Ferguson lays out wishlist for Congress after ‘breathtaking’ midterms
With Democrats now poised to retake both chambers of Congress, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson wants action in the other Washington.  Speaking to reporters Wednesday, the first-term Democratic … more
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An election worker speaks to a voter in South Hills Middle School gymnasium on Election Day in Twin Falls, Idaho, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Idaho voters turned out at high rates to vote in midterm election. Some waited hours to vote
In Idaho’s general election on Tuesday, some voters were voting hours after polls had closed in the state’s second most populated county. Voting bled into Wednesday. The last voter in Canyon … more
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Multnomah County opens cooling centers when temperatures are above 90-degrees for several days in a row and temperatures at night do not meaningfully drop enough to provide relief.
Oregon judge allows Multnomah County climate lawsuit against fossil fuel giants to advance
An Oregon judge will allow the climate lawsuit Multnomah County’ filed more than three years ago against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies to move forward. Multnomah County … more
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Farmworkers, many of them immigrants, harvest strawberries in Oregon. A new state report details how the state is tracking their experiences.
Oregon missing unified data collection, complaint process for farmworkers, report says
Oregon lacks a unified system to track data and handle complaints about working conditions from farmworkers who make up the backbone of the state’s multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, a new … more
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