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Democratic lawmakers in Washington state are moving closer to repealing a 2025 law that raised the state’s top estate tax rate to 35%, the highest in the nation.
Senate Bill 6347 , introduced …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/27/26
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Another conservation group has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s delay in determining critical habitat for wolverines, a federally listed threatened species. It says without a …
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By Darrell Ehrlick / The Daily Montanan
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2/27/26
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An Idaho House of Representatives committee voted Thursday to approve a bill mandating all local law enforcement agencies apply to enter agreements with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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By Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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2/27/26
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A call with federal officials and state election officers ahead of the 2026 election was full of bluster and mostly free of facts, according to Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read.
Read, a …
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By Julia Shumway / States Newsroom
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2/27/26
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Zahid Chaudhry, a U.S. Army veteran, was held in the Northwest ICE Processing Center for four months last year.
He was released in December. While inside, he saw multiple fellow detainees …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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In a move opposed by hundreds of community members, the Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board of Trustees on Wednesday authorized library administration to lay off staff in response to a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/26/26
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The Washington State Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run collision on Interstate 5 Wednesday that led to a Kelso woman being transported to Providence Centralia Hospital.
According to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/26/26
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One of the first of an expected 656 signs stating that city property in Seattle cannot be used by federal authorities for civil immigration enforcement efforts has been posted at Jefferson Park in …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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2/26/26
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House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-West Seattle, admits he was intoxicated during a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Wednesday evening.
So much so that the committee chair at one …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/26/26
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Washington state House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon acknowledged he was intoxicated during a Wednesday night committee hearing on budget legislation.
The Seattle Democrat admitted to drinking …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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The restoration of the Historic Centralia Fox Theatre has seen significant progress in recent years, but the project is once again hitting a wall, this time due to insufficient funding.
Members …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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2/26/26
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Last fall, Washington and other Western states issued their own vaccine recommendations in a sharp rejection of federal policy that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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Second Hand Rose Antiques and Collectables in the Olympia area suffered significant damage in a fire that broke out early Monday morning.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/26/26
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Jurors in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Wednesday awarded an eye-popping $305 million in damages to 16 plaintiffs in an ongoing class action lawsuit against PacifiCorp related to four 2020 …
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Ted Sickinger / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/26/26
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The Oregon Legislature gave final approval Wednesday evening to Democrats’ plan to remove three new Trump administration tax breaks from state tax code and increase a separate tax credit for …
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Betsy Hammond / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/26/26
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A SWAT team arrested a Gresham man on Wednesday after officers found child sexual abuse material and explosives in the man’s home while serving a search warrant.
Zachary Lawson, 44, is accused …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Last summer, Maya Edwards and her husband called the Washington State Department of Licensing hoping to speak with someone in Spanish.
But when they selected the Spanish self-service option, the …
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Monica Carrillo-Casas / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/26/26
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A federal judge in Portland ordered changes Wednesday to operations of eight dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers intended to reduce harm to salmon.
The order comes after the Trump …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Washington will not join Utah and impose a stricter standard for driving while intoxicated, at least not this year.
Legislation to lower the state's blood alcohol content limit to 0.05% appears …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/26/26
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The heftiest budget cuts Washington Democratic lawmakers are proposing this year focus on day care subsidies for low-income families.
In the initial House and Senate budget plans, this paring of …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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