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Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines on Wednesday introduced a resolution commemorating the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the right to abortion.
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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6/25/26
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The U.S. Forest Service published an 8-page emergency plan that it says addresses catastrophic wind damage done to federal forest land after two weather emergencies, but environmental watchdog groups …
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By Daily Montanan Staff
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6/25/26
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The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $49 million to the families of inmates who died while in state custody during the COVID-19 pandemic and to the more than 5,000 people who contracted the virus …
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By Lauren Dake and Conrad Wilson / Oregon Public Broadcasting
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6/25/26
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An environmental group has sued the Trump administration over its failure to grant Endangered Species Act protections to sunflower sea stars, a keystone Pacific Ocean species that lost 90% of its …
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By Yereth Rosen / The Alaska Beacon
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6/25/26
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An Oregon law that addresses hospitals’ corporate involvement in clinicians’ decisions regarding treatment has the attention of Washington state lawmakers.
As U.S. healthcare has …
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By Owen Racer / Cascadia Daily News
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6/25/26
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A federal judge on Thursday blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority.
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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6/25/26
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The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld Washington’s hotly contested regulations for how farmers and haulers of agricultural goods receive the exemption on fuel purchases promised …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/25/26
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Washingtonians are being asked whether two recently appointed justices should remain on the Supreme Court as a lawsuit challenging a new state income tax looms over the election.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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6/25/26
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Electric utilities across the Pacific Northwest are fuming that their customers might be saddled with the costs of a coal-burning power plant that isn’t producing any power.
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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6/25/26
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Deaths and critical injuries among children in Washington’s child welfare system fell steeply in the first quarter of 2026, state officials reported Wednesday.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/24/26
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The U.S. Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to turn over lists of voters under a proposed rule, the agency’s chief executive said Wednesday, angering Democrats who …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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6/24/26
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The state Commercial Aviation Work Group, which evaluates Washington’s future needs for commercial aviation and transportation, will host a hybrid public meeting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/24/26
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The Washington state Employment Security Department (ESD) this week released the unemployment rates for May 2026, showing that unemployment decreased in both Lewis and Thurston counties from March.
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/24/26
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Last summer, Astor K-8 principal Blake Robertson gave his fourth and fifth grade teachers a choice.
There were enough students in those grades, Robertson said, that teachers at the North …
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Julia Silverman oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/24/26
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A woman is dead after an Amtrak train crashed into her car Tuesday afternoon in Milwaukie.
The collision happened at the train crossing at the intersection of Southeast Harrison Street and 31st …
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Sophia Cossette / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/24/26
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A person was in critical condition Tuesday after they reportedly jumped off the dock at Seattle's Mount Baker Beach and didn't resurface, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/26
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Light rail trains carried a record 280,000 passengers Friday, as people surged into Seattle for the U.S.-Australia World Cup soccer match, a sold-out Mariners game and summer-sauntering downtown.
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/26
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King County saw a 9% increase in homelessness in the past two years, according to the latest Point-In-Time count data released Tuesday. The total number of people now estimated to be homeless in the …
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Stephannie Stokes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/26
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Cloud computing giant Oracle has laid off hundreds of Seattle workers since last year, part of sweeping cuts to the company's workforce. Oracle says artificial intelligence is to blame.
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/26
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A 15-year-old boy was shot and seriously injured Tuesday night on Aurora Avenue, Seattle police say. But reports of the shooting remain dubious.
Police say they think the boy was driving a …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/24/26
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