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Tax breaks for data center operators could soon be stripped from Washington state law.
On Saturday, the House Finance Committee voted 8 to 6 to approve Senate Bill 6231. The bill next …
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By Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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3/8/26
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“The Big Maple” is about to leave the mound.
This time, on his terms.
Former Mariners pitcher James Paxton’s 11-year MLB career was pocked with injuries. A lat strain in 2014. A …
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Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/8/26
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The Oregon Legislature passed a bill Friday aimed at relaxing farm stand regulations.
The measure, House Bill 4153, which replaces existing regulations on farm stands with new regulations for …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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A stabbing at a Northeast Portland restaurant Saturday has landed a man in jail on suspicion of attempted murder.
Officers responded to a report of a stabbing inside a restaurant on Northeast …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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After nearly two decades of largely failed or aborted attempts, Portland officials are once again exploring ways to permanently raise millions of new dollars for the city’s ailing transportation …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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Something big is about to land in downtown Portland. Several things actually.
Following the runaway success of “Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail,” Portland leaders and artists are launching …
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Sean Sterling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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Less than two years after both chambers of the Washington Legislature overwhelmingly passed an initiative to bar state and local jurisdictions from adopting an income tax, lawmakers are on the verge …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/8/26
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A weather pattern hitting the South Sound next week will bring cold and wet weather to Tacoma, with a chance of snow, according to the National Weather Service.
A system beginning tonight will …
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Bonny Matejowsky / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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3/8/26
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The Pierce County Sheriff’s department is investigating a homicide at the 500 block of 112th Street East in Parkland.
At around 9:03 a.m., deputies arrived at the Terravista apartments parking …
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Bonny Matejowsky / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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3/8/26
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In 1932, the Great Depression left a third of Washington workers jobless. Shantytowns sprung up throughout Seattle. There were hunger marches on the state Capitol.
That fall, Washington voters …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/8/26
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When Fred Meyer announced it was closing five underperforming" Seattle-area stores last year, it was the public-relations equivalent of kicking a bees' nest.
Tempers ran especially hot in places …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/8/26
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When Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned this week that ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz would be "set ablaze," alarm set in with government and industrial leaders all over the …
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Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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3/8/26
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Miami Republican lawmaker Carlos Giménez says he believes the communist regime in his native Cuba is near its end, echoing comments by President Donald Trump ahead of Saturday’s gathering of a …
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Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald (TNS)
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3/8/26
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President Donald Trump said the U.S. will consider striking areas and groups of people in Iran that were not previously considered targets, escalating a weeklong war that’s upended energy markets …
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Arsalan Shahla, Kateryna Kadabashy / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/8/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson may be satisfied with the House of Representatives’ latest version of an income tax bill — so much so that he said he will sign it if it passes the Legislature — …
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By Brett Davis | The Center Square
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3/7/26
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Washington state employers could soon face costly fines and lawsuits for failure to notify workers of an upcoming federal I-9 inspection under a bill passed by the Senate on Thursday.
U.S. …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/6/26
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A bill that would let an unelected state board effectively remove an elected sheriff from office in Washington state was passed by the House of Representatives in the wee hours of Friday.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/6/26
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Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes says that any police officer who violates the city’s new policy requiring documentation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, including video …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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3/6/26
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Washington is one step closer to adding guardrails to the use of automated license plate readers.
The state House on Thursday passed a revamped version of legislation to implement …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/6/26
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Democrats in the Washington state House released a revised income tax proposal Friday that drives more money into early learning programs, increases assistance for lower-income families, and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/6/26
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