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Rows of colorful rubber ducks stare out from the shelves of a small store tucked inside a mall in British Columbia, looking startled with wide eyes and open beaks.
The Rubber Duck Museum, not …
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By Sophia Gates / Cascadia Daily News
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4/14/26
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More states are piling up gold bars, or encouraging residents to use gold-backed debit cards, to hedge against inflation.
Several states, including Western ones with rich mining histories, have …
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By Kevin Hardy / Stateline
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4/14/26
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Washington state is penalizing a Seattle-based vehicle battery manufacturer for exposing workers to lead levels more than four times the safety limit.
The Department of Labor and Industries said …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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4/14/26
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Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and a suite of agency partners from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) recently completed a five-year update to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/13/26
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Washington boasts 221 housing-related programs across 30 state agencies.
But despite all of these initiatives, Lt. Gov. Denny Heck thinks the state is still going in the wrong direction …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/13/26
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The U.S. Forest Service research labs in Seattle and Wenatchee are targeted for closure, part of a broader restructuring of the agency that is housed in the Department of Agriculture.
Of …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/26
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The state’s school chief says Washington is falling behind a national push to restrict smartphones in schools, arguing the state should move to a statewide standard rather than continue studying …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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4/11/26
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President Donald Trump has approved opening up federal funding to deal with the aftermath of historic flooding that hit Washington in December, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced …
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By:Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/26
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Washington’s new law that seeks to hold sheriffs to higher standards and paves the way for their removal from office is the target of a second lawsuit.
This one comes from the Washington …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/10/26
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As Washington state prepares to collect its first-ever income tax on millionaires, one state agency is gearing up for a major hiring blitz to handle the administrative workload of ensuring …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/10/26
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Despite a recent report showing Washington’s charter school graduates are outperforming their peers in traditional public schools, state lawmakers cut about $7.5 million in enrichment funding for …
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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4/10/26
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Less than half of the drivers required to install ignition interlock devices in their vehicles did so between 2018 and 2025, despite $14.5 million in state spending to bolster compliance.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/10/26
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The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) recently announced the availability of a new public online tool, the “Community Impact Calculator,” providing Washington communities and trust …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/10/26
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In hundreds of custody disputes across Washington each year, judges appoint neutral court investigators to look into how parents’ issues like substance use, domestic violence and mental health …
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By Kelsey Turner / InvestigateWest
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4/10/26
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Another lawsuit has been filed over the controversial new law that allows the Criminal Justice Training Commission to decertify a sitting sheriff and set new requirements for sheriff candidates.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/9/26
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Former Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna, Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF) and former Supreme Court Justice and State Senator Phil Talmadge today filed a lawsuit in Klickitat County …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/9/26
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Opponents of Washington’s new income tax on high earners filed a lawsuit Thursday, arguing the controversial law is unconstitutional and in conflict with nearly a century of state Supreme Court …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/9/26
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Seattle City Council members say the city’s aging library system is desperately in need of more money, voting Wednesday to add nearly $70 million to the mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed $410 million …
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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4/9/26
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The Yakima City Council passed a six-month moratorium on halfway houses and secure transition facilities Tuesday as the state considers where to place sexually violent predators.
Washington …
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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4/9/26
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Washington’s Department of Ecology announced a statewide drought emergency Wednesday, marking the fourth consecutive year that part or all of the state has been in a drought.
“We …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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4/9/26
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