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Three states this year have enacted laws that require or allow schools to use mobile, wearable, wireless or silent panic alarms to quickly summon emergency responders.
The new laws in Illinois, …
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Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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9/4/26
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A last-ditch legal effort nearly succeeded Thursday to knock a statement off ballots that characterizes how repealing Washington’s new income tax on high earners would affect the state budget.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/4/26
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When power lines are blamed for starting a wildfire, costs to utilities can stretch into the billions and trickle down to consumers.
Earlier this year, PacifiCorp settled a federal lawsuit …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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9/4/26
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The Washington State Supreme Court on Thursday denied an appeal to a challenge for the Public Investment Impact Disclosure (PIID) statement to accompany I-645 on the Nov. 3 ballot.
I-645 , …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/3/26
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A victory for press freedom was announced Thursday morning in a case over reporters being denied credentials to cover the Washington legislature.
Under the settlement agreement, the Washington …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/3/26
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The number of people staffing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has dropped by 3,600 during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to federal data obtained by the nonprofit conservation …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/3/26
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A Deer Park coffee stand employee broke her femur and pelvis after a wheel dislodged from a car traveling on U.S. Highway 395, rolled off the road and struck her while she was working outside the …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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9/3/26
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Qualtrics is laying off 117 employees in Seattle after it acquired a similar software company in a multibillion-dollar deal.
Employees at the Seattle-based company, which specializes in software …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/3/26
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Every day, when Jamaluddin Rohani walks past his son's empty room inside their Kent home, the father of six said he feels something deep inside himself break.
But Rohani said he felt some relief …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/3/26
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Authorities on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old Kent man in connection with the Chelan Hills wildfire that ignited July 4 in Central Washington, killing one person and burning about 15 square miles.
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/3/26
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The 11th-hour deal that averted a strike between Seattle Public Schools and its teachers union will include raises that exceed 8.8% over three years, plus a pilot program to study changes to special …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks and Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/3/26
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Renter Melody Frazier stood in front of the Pierce County District Courthouse this week, taking a step few tenants reach: suing her landlord.
The suit, which alleges substandard conditions, …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/3/26
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The U.S. and Iran have intensified tit-for-tat military strikes in recent days, remaining locked between ceasefire and all-out war as the White House struggles to end the six-month conflict.
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Courtney McBride / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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9/3/26
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s new communications plan for public safety emergencies aims to avoid a repeat of the aftermath of the shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival, which left the …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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9/3/26
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As the deadline to print ballots looms, the Idaho Supreme Court will decide whether state officials’ descriptions of the effects of voting for or against a proposed abortion rights initiative will …
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Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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9/3/26
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A state ethics panel has ordered Democratic state Rep. Tarra Simmons to pay roughly $52,000 in penalties and fees for multiple violations of Washington ethics laws.
Three weeks ago, the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/3/26
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Oregon lawmakers next week will confront another record bill for the costs of fighting massive wildfires across the state, which have been exacerbated by unseasonable heat and ongoing drought.
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/3/26
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Former Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler held a press conference Wednesday to urge support for the income tax repeal initiative backed by Let’s Go Washington.
I-645 asks voters if they want …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/2/26
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A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship.
In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Deborah …
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By Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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9/2/26
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SEATTLE — Over 20,000 ballots in Washington’s primary election last month were rejected because they came in too late, thousands more than in 2024.
This comes as election officials …
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ByJake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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9/2/26
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