U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and a group of fellow senators published a letter Wednesday demanding immediate hearings to discuss reports of the newly created Department of Government …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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The Washington state Senate on Thursday, Feb. 6, passed a bill 49-0 that, if signed into law, would officially deem Washington the “Evergreen State.”
This marks the third year in a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced Friday the opening of a public comment period on new rules and regulations proposed for the upcoming hunting season as part of its …
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By The Chronicle Staff
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2/7/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, joined colleagues from both sides of the aisle in introducing two new bills on Wednesday Feb. 5, focused on America’s financial wellbeing.
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently made a swing through Wahkiakum County in a visit that included a meeting with local log truck drivers, a talk with the Wahkiakum County Public …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/25
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Brian Kernagis, a Vancouver-area marketing manager, voted early.
Around 5 or 6 p.m. on Oct. 27, a week before the general election last year, he put his and his girlfriend’s ballots …
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By Daniel Walters / InvestigateWest
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2/7/25
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Members of Washington's medical and scientific community have spent the past two weeks scrambling to understand and respond to recent federal changes that appear to limit and threaten parts of their …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/25
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Seattle Children's hospital is postponing some gender-affirming surgeries for people under 19, families say, following an executive order from President Donald Trump that decrees a halt to federal …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/25
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The latest appointments to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission were sent back to the governor's office on Wednesday, stalling the confirmation process before hearings were scheduled.
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/7/25
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WASHINGTON — Since the end of World War II, the United States has remained a global power through foreign policy defined by what retired Ambassador Ryan Crocker calls a "three-legged stool" of …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/7/25
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Firefighters extinguished a recreational vehicle fire near Black Lake Wednesday and found a dead body inside.
The McLane Black Lake Fire Department responded at 11:48 p.m. to a report of a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/7/25
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Some striking Providence nurses appeared unwilling to accept the tentative labor agreement reached with the health system this week, raising the possibility that the largest health care strike in …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/7/25
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A Vancouver man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Portland man whose body was found near an Ariel logging road in November .
Troy Brightbill, chief criminal deputy of the …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/7/25
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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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