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The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal …
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By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News and Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News
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2/9/26
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Over the next decade, obesity rates across the nation could surge to close to half of U.S. adults, a new study published in the medical journal JAMA estimates.
Researchers at the University of …
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By Nada Hassanein / States Newsroom
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2/9/26
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When the federal government stopped making pennies , it left it up to states to decide how retailers deal with the change.
In Washington, lawmakers are trying to come up with a uniform approach …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/9/26
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The family detained by federal agents in a Portland hospital’s parking lot is headed back to Oregon after being released from immigration detention in Texas.
U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter, …
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By Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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2/7/26
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About 19,000 fewer Washingtonians enrolled in health insurance through the state’s online marketplace amid the loss of federal subsidies.
The decline didn’t appear to be as precipitous as …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/26
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President Donald Trump’s calls this week to “nationalize” elections capped a year of efforts by his administration to exercise authority over state-run elections. The demands now have some …
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By Jonathan Shorman / Stateline
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2/7/26
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House Democrats proposed a sugar tax on Thursday that would impose another 3-cent charge per fluid ounce of applicable beverages, amounting to a 72-cent tax on a 24-ounce coffee.
The sugar …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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2/7/26
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Hundreds of people lined up Friday afternoon outside a public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means Committee at the state capitol in Olympia for a chance to testify on a proposed income tax bill …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/6/26
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Two House Democrats proposed a bill on Thursday to provide excused absences upon advanced request for Washington state public school students protesting on the taxpayers’ dime.
Rep. Osman …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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2/6/26
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While around 100 people filled Tumwater City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 3, for the city council’s regular meeting, mostly to speak on a proposed city urban growth area land swap during public comment, …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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2/6/26
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Washington State Patrol detectives are looking for witnesses to a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred on state Route 6 west of Chehalis Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.
That morning, at about 7:15 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/26
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Friends of a Yelm mechanic who was injured by a drunk driver on Feb. 3 have started a fundraiser to help cover his medical costs.
Dave Bush, 57, of Spanaway, was involved in a head-on …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/6/26
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A proposal in the Washington state Legislature to relocate the Bob Oke Game Farm in Centralia will stay alive for at least a couple more weeks after narrowly avoiding being left behind in committee.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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2/6/26
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Lewis County Auditor Larry Grove will not seek another term as Lewis County auditor, leaving the race open to newcomers seeking the office in the November general election.
Grove announced …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, announced Friday that she will be holding her 28th set of mobile office hours in Cowlitz County.
Residents of Washington’s Third Congressional …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/26
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A 22-year-old Chehalis man was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison last week for his role in the shooting of two people in Centralia in May 2023.
Dayton L. Keyes pleaded guilty …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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2/6/26
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Providence Centralia Hospital welcomed two new general surgeons — Drs. Jonathan Gifford and Sam Paros — in late July 2025.
The two physicians have, over the last six months, helped expand …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/26
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The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife Police helped rescue a man from the Cowlitz River Monday, Feb. 2, according to a news release from the agency.
WDFW police received the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/26
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LEWIS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
Sentencings
• James D. Sigman, 37, Centralia, was sentenced Jan. 12 to four months in jail and ordered to forfeit all firearms after pleading guilty to two …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/26
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