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With a U.S.-Canada trade war raging, Canada fired a warning shot on its northwestern front — one that could have repercussions for Washington state’s trade-dependent economy.
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By The Seattle Times
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9/9/26
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Idaho state government agencies’ budget requests for the next fiscal year are now publicly available.
The requests, which are online on the Division of Financial Management’s website, …
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Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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9/9/26
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Top Oregon elected officials on Tuesday urged Oregonians to use ballot drop boxes, not mailboxes, to return ballots in November as newly released data showed thousands of Oregonians missed having …
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Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/9/26
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The hotly contested U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority, as well as states’ power to administer elections, more than 250 current and former members of …
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Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom
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9/9/26
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A federal judge has ruled American Prairie can keep grazing bison on three federal grazing allotments as a federal lawsuit plays out.
The decision by Judge Brian Morris blocks, for now, a Bureau …
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Jordan Hansen / Daily Montanan
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9/8/26
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Complaints to Oregon’s workplace safety and health agency have reached an all-time high since it introduced rules protecting employees from extreme heat and wildfire smoke four years ago.
The …
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/8/26
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Five races for seats on Washington’s state Supreme Court are set to get much more attention over the next two months.
These races typically pass by without much notice as incumbent …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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9/8/26
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Officials in Page, Arizona, a small city near the Glen Canyon Dam, passed a land sale agreement last fall that establishes a framework for future construction of a data center.
The sale of the …
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Madyson Fitzgerald / News From The States
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9/8/26
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The Washington state Supreme Court announced last Wednesday it will review a case challenging legislative privilege, which lawmakers claim gives them the power to withhold some documents from the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/7/26
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Washington state Rep. Joel McEntire, R-Cathlamet, owes a $500 fine to the Legislative Ethics Board for his conduct on social media.
The punishment was handed out specifically because of an …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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9/4/26
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Members of a legislative oversight committee voted 10-1 this week to subpoena Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen for the type of information her office turned over to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Keila Szpaller / Daily Montanan
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9/4/26
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President Donald Trump said earlier this year he’d “do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections” this fall, declining to rule out sending the National Guard or federal law …
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Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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9/4/26
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The ACLU of Idaho has joined the national American Civil Liberties Union in calling on leaders to pull back National Guard members from Washington, D.C. Idaho leaders indicated the deployment in D.C. …
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Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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9/4/26
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Women on parole report higher rates of housing instability, poor health and serious mental health and substance use disorders than men on parole and women who weren’t on parole, according to a new …
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Amanda Watford / Stateline
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9/4/26
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Three states this year have enacted laws that require or allow schools to use mobile, wearable, wireless or silent panic alarms to quickly summon emergency responders.
The new laws in Illinois, …
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Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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9/4/26
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A last-ditch legal effort nearly succeeded Thursday to knock a statement off ballots that characterizes how repealing Washington’s new income tax on high earners would affect the state budget.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/4/26
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When power lines are blamed for starting a wildfire, costs to utilities can stretch into the billions and trickle down to consumers.
Earlier this year, PacifiCorp settled a federal lawsuit …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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9/4/26
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The Washington State Supreme Court on Thursday denied an appeal to a challenge for the Public Investment Impact Disclosure (PIID) statement to accompany I-645 on the Nov. 3 ballot.
I-645 , …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/3/26
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A victory for press freedom was announced Thursday morning in a case over reporters being denied credentials to cover the Washington legislature.
Under the settlement agreement, the Washington …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/3/26
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s new communications plan for public safety emergencies aims to avoid a repeat of the aftermath of the shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival, which left the …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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9/3/26
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