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If lawmakers want to clamp down on citizen initiatives, Washington state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, says they should be willing to follow the same rules themselves.
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/21/26
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Washington may soon join an increasing number of states that regulate the use of — and data collected by — automated license plate readers.
The technology is used by law enforcement across …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/21/26
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The Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agents face new accountability measures and a modest cut to their deportation budget in a bipartisan funding package unveiled Tuesday by …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/21/26
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A lane had to be closed on Interstate 5 southbound in Tacoma while troopers tried to detain a 14-year-old girl Tuesday.
State Patrol dispatch received a call from a mother of a teenager. The …
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Puneet Bsanti / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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1/21/26
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San Juan County has decided to stick with a 32-hour workweek for most of its government employees after two years of trying out the approach.
The county, which encompasses the San Juan Islands, …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/21/26
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As tech companies spend billions on artificial intelligence data centers and computer chips, fears of an AI bubble held privately by Wall Street traders and some Big Tech titans are beginning to pop …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/21/26
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A missing dementia patient who wandered from a Longview facility was located over the weekend.
The unnamed man walked away from a memory care facility on Third Avenue, prompting Cowlitz County …
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The Daily News
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1/21/26
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Unconfirmed community reports" of possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity led several Seattle public schools to shelter in place and keep students inside Tuesday, district …
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Kai Uyehara and Ryan Nguyen / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/21/26
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Meta is laying off 331 workers in the Puget Sound region as part of broader cuts to its virtual reality division.
The Facebook parent company last week said it was cutting about 10% of its …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/21/26
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One person was fatally struck by an Amtrak passenger train Saturday near the Kelso train station.
Bryan Ditterick, spokesperson for Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue, told The Daily News that …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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1/21/26
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A new ranking on traffic congestion in cities around the globe confirms what you already knew: Seattle drivers waste a lot of time sitting in traffic — and congestion got even worse last year.
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/21/26
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The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has ordered Puget Sound Energy to start itemizing costs from Washington's Climate Commitment Act on customer bills by June 2026.
The CCA …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/21/26
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A bill that changes the state's initiative process was touted by supporters as stopping aggressive signature gatherers and wealthy special interests on Tuesday, but critics dubbed it …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/21/26
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A new lawsuit alleges Zillow used its monopoly power to charge high referral fees and pressured agents to channel homebuyers into its lending business.
The lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. …
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Alexis Weisend / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/21/26
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Several proposals intended to pose barriers to federal immigration enforcement received hearings on Tuesday after Gov. Bob Ferguson urged support for a related mask ban last week.
Ferguson …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/21/26
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The third trial of an Arlington man accused of murdering his friend at Baker Lake in 2019 began Tuesday in Whatcom County Superior Court. Alexander Vanags, 36, previously appeared before a jury in …
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Hannah Edelman / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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1/21/26
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Game wardens with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks are seeking information from the public about an illegally killed wolf near Gardiner in December.
According to an FWP press …
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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1/21/26
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In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find …
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By Anna Claire Vollers / States Newsroom
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1/21/26
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Nick Brown has been Washington's attorney general for one year and has sued the president 50 times. That's nearly once per week.
Brown filed his first lawsuit against the administration the day …
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Karen Ducey and Seattle Times staff / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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1/21/26
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Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org .
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By Shalina Chatlani / States Newsroom
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1/21/26
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