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President Donald Trump’s threat this week to stop federal funding to both so-called “sanctuary” cities and the states where they’re located was greeted with disbelief by many states and …
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By Tim Henderson / States Newsroom
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1/15/26
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Octopus is back on the policy menu for Washington state lawmakers.
A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus advanced out of the House Agriculture and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/15/26
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Grays Harbor County Coroner George Kelley appeared at Tuesday’s Board of County Commissioners meeting to make a major announcement. Two sets of remains in separate decades-long cold cases have been …
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By The Daily World
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1/15/26
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The Seattle city attorney and Washington attorney general say recent threats by President Donald Trump to halt federal payments to sanctuary jurisdictions starting in February lack legal standing.
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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1/14/26
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Local concerns over the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Bob Oke Game Farm in Centralia will come to the state Legislature this year.
State Reps. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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Washington state is pushing back against a recent order from the federal government that would keep the TransAlta plant near Centralia ready to burn coal through the winter.
Washington state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently released a video recorded in Onalaska High School’s shop class that outlined her amendment to make advanced placement (AP) credits available …
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1/14/26
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Washington state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has introduced legislation to strengthen Washington's Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA), expanding timelines for evaluation and treatment of people …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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In giving his first State of the State address as the leader of the executive branch in Washington, Gov. Bob Ferguson appeared to embrace his role as a Democrat governor in a Democrat-controlled …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/14/26
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The sheriffs of Thurston and Pierce counties got into a heated online argument in the wake of Renee Good’s death in Minneapolis, accusing each other of cowardice, laziness and racist policing.
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By Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/14/26
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Elon Musk, the Tesla founder and prominent former federal agency gutter, blasted on social media Monday that Oregon has “a lot of fake voters,” citing another user’s post on his X platform.
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Betsy Hammond / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/14/26
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared likely Tuesday to keep in place laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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1/14/26
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A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about policy proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session, with lead lawmakers and the governor lining up in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/14/26
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A federal grand jury late Tuesday afternoon returned a two-count indictment against Luis David Nino-Moncada, the man wounded by a Border Patrol officer last week in the parking lot of a medical …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/14/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday celebrated the “heart and spirit” in Washington communities ravaged by flooding in December, then pumped up fellow Democrats with calls for taxing millionaires and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/14/26
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Oregon’s new law authorizing unemployment assistance to striking workers could face a challenge from the federal government, which warned states last week about paying people on strike unless those …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/14/26
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When Karanja Crews announced that Super Soaker inventor and NASA engineer Dr. Lonnie Johnson was coming to Portland, excited gasps rippled through a second-grade classroom at Dr. Martin Luther King …
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Chiara Profenna / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/14/26
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A Tri-Cities man pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6 riots has been given one more chance to avoid heading back to jail after convictions on gun and bomb threat charges.
Prosecutors with the …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/14/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson drew unexpected praise from Republicans last year and an icy response among some Democrats for an inaugural address suggesting Washington was suffering from a litany of problems …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/14/26
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People in Washington have famously said no to a state income tax the past 10 times they’ve voted on it.
The rejections were hardly mild. Since 1970, the closest the pro-tax side has come to a …
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/14/26
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