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Pressure is increasing on Providence Park Stadium and the Portland Thorns soccer team following an incident Friday night in which Seattle podcaster Brandi Kruse and several others said they were …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/26/26
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Voters may evict the sheriff from office in Pierce County, make Snohomish County Council seats nonpartisan and bar residents from serving on the Everett City Council and in the Legislature, even …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/26/26
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The National Federation for Independent Business is sounding the alarm about impacts on small businesses in Washington if the recently passed income tax remains in place.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/23/26
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Washington state voters are getting the message: Don’t wait to turn in your ballots.
As of Friday afternoon, 705,231 ballots had been returned with 66.4% arriving via drop boxes, a sign early …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/23/26
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It’s unclear what role federal election monitors will play or how many there will be in King County on Election Day.
The U.S. Department of Justice informed King County Elections Director …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/23/26
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The Thurston County Mainstream Republicans was set to have its regular Wednesday luncheon meeting in Olympia on Wednesday, Oct. 21, when the group was unexpectedly forced to cancel.
The reason …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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10/23/26
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John Ficker became the executive director of the Thurston County Food Bank on July 1, 2025.
By the end of his first week, the U.S. federal government had passed H.R. 1.
Among other things, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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10/23/26
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A lawsuit has been filed to block the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program’s current fixed-span design, with the litigants arguing the 116-foot vertical navigation clearance would restrict …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/23/26
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Meta has paid Washington state a record-setting fine of more than $51 million for violating campaign finance laws, but lawmakers are being cautioned not to get too excited about the money.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/23/26
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A group of congressmen and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson descended on Chehalis Wednesday with a message that is likely familiar to voters: This is the most important election of your lifetime.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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10/22/26
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The Oklahoma-based company that owns one of the largest gas pipeline networks in the Northwest is beginning to pursue permits to expand that network, and to pump more gas to the region to meet rising …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/22/26
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House Speaker Mike Johnson returned to Washington state on Wednesday to campaign alongside Republican John Braun, a sign of how important the state senator’s bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/22/26
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U.S. Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Tom Barrett, R-Michigan, recently introduced the One Front Door for Elder Fraud Act, a piece of legislation designed to streamline the reporting …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/21/26
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The Washington Policy Center and Buckeye Institute recently released a report showing, among other findings, 18,000 fewer jobs in Washington state if the state’s new income tax is allowed to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/21/26
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Candidates in Washington state’s most closely watched congressional race have spent more than $10 million entering the final weeks of the campaign.
Meanwhile, outside forces are shelling out …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/21/26
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There is no telling how long it could take for Seattle to recover $13.1 million in overpayments to hundreds of police officers, Mayor Katie Wilson’s office said Monday, or if it can at all.
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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10/21/26
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High costs and lengthy permitting processes are two of the barriers to bringing nuclear-powered electricity to customers in Idaho, officials from three electrical utilities told state regulators …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/21/26
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Republican Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and Gov. Brad Little’s re-election campaigns received more than $20,000 each in donations from tobacco and nicotine manufacturers.
The …
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Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/21/26
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Next year, Oregon will pay an average of nearly $630 more per member every month to the organizations arranging providers for the vast majority of Oregon’s 1.4 million Medicaid members under new …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/21/26
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An eastern Oregon city that has for the last decade welcomed some of the largest data centers in the state is fighting Gov. Tina Kotek’s recent order meant to temporarily pause data center …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/21/26
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