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A Cowlitz County man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has been pardoned following President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency for the reported 1,500-plus people charged with …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/7/25
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More than 2,600 people signed on to support a school choice bill that received a public hearing Thursday in Olympia.
House Bill 1140 , sponsored by Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, would create …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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State lawmakers are forwarding a bill that would change how medical debt impacts Washingtonians' credit scores.
Senate Bill 5480 doesn’t erase medical debt completely but “Declares a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/7/25
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The Trump administration on Thursday told states it was blocking money for electric vehicle chargers, including $71 million for Washington, one of the latest steps by the White House to halt …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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The latest beef in Olympia? Cow burps, farts, and poops. Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to gather better data on the scale and scope of methane emissions released by dairies …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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They’re not old enough yet to drink in bars, but a group of Washington students wants to make nightlife in the state safer.
A bill in the state Legislature requested by Lake …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal immigration …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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The Idaho House on Thursday widely approved a bill to make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho.
If passed into law, Idaho could become the only state to have death by …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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2/6/25
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Washington’s new Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson has vowed to veto any state budget bill that does not include $100 million for hiring more cops.
The idea doesn’t sit well with Black …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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Tenino-based sanctuary Wolf Haven International on Thursday, Feb. 6, announced the arrival of three new animals at the facility.
The sanctuary is now home to one new Mexican wolf named …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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2/6/25
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A Kelso man accused of driving while under the influence of meth in Lewis County in July 2023 was charged Tuesday with a felony DUI.
The charge was filed in Lewis County Superior Court …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/6/25
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A 14-year-old boy died with more than 1,000 injuries from a three-hour-long beating from his mom in Washington, police said.
Denaya Young, 29, was arrested Jan. 30 on a second-degree murder …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/6/25
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Shelton police arrested two men accused of fatally shooting a man Monday night after a search that lasted into Tuesday.
Officers found a dead man with a gunshot wound at a home on the 1400 block …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/6/25
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Issues with a federal payment system have rattled Head Start programs across Washington.
As of Monday, about a quarter of Head Start grant recipients in Washington were locked out of a system …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/6/25
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OLYMPIA — The governing body of nearly 800 public and private middle and high schools in Washington will wait for additional guidance before potentially implementing a new federal executive …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/6/25
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A viral post on social media regarding when state agencies are required to notify parents of suspected child abuse is an example of "politics at its worst," a Democratic legislator said Tuesday.
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/6/25
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SEATTLE — After a taxiing plane struck a parked aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, passengers and regulators scrambled to understand what had happened — but …
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Lauren Rosenblatt and Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/6/25
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Washington’s schools superintendent says the state isn’t backing down from protecting transgender students.
The announcement from Superintendent Chris Reykdal referenced President …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/6/25
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A Marion County jury found Lincoln Smith guilty for smashing his semitruck into a van parked on the side of Interstate 5, killing seven farmworkers two years ago
The jury deliberated for about …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/6/25
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The status of more than $50 million in federal grants to Washington’s Department of Ecology remained in doubt late Tuesday, halting projects on water quality, shoreline restoration and toxic …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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