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Wyoming wildlife managers plan to reduce how many wolves can be hunted by 50% following a canine distemper outbreak that has cut the state’s wolf numbers to the lowest level in two decades.
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By Mike Koshmrl / WyoFile
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5/18/26
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Two conservation organizations filed suit in federal district court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a delayed decision about whether the world’s smallest rabbit species qualifies …
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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5/18/26
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For more than a year, Rep. Tarra Simmons has been dogged by allegations she improperly used her cachet as a lawmaker and cash from her prior campaigns to assist two nonprofit organizations, one of …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/18/26
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Sound Transit's need to climb out of a nearly $35 billion shortfall, dramatized this month by proposals to drop or postpone promised light rail stations, will include stepped-up efforts to gather …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/17/26
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WASHINGTON — Democrats and advocacy groups urged a quick rejection of President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on compiling citizenship lists and creating traceable mail-in ballots in a …
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By Ashley Murray and Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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5/16/26
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Why Not You Academy, the beleaguered Russell Wilson-backed charter school in Des Moines, King County, will close next month because declining enrollment made it impossible to stay open.
The …
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Denisa R. Superville / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/16/26
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Six hours after Seattle police released photos of a person suspected of stabbing a University of Washington student in the laundry room of an off-campus apartment complex, Christopher Leahy, a …
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Sara Jean Green Lauren Girgis and Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/16/26
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The state’s campaign finance watchdog agency settled a lawsuit for $25,000 over allegations that commissioners on its board “repeatedly and flagrantly” violated the state’s Open Public …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/16/26
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The city of Seattle last month agreed to give nearly 300 city workers retroactive raises to settle an unfair labor practice complaint from its largest union, PROTEC17.
The settlement, however, …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/16/26
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Despite sitting $34.5 billion short on a 2016 voter-approved system expansion, Sound Transit still has millions to spend on billboard advertising.
The Board of Directors will consider punting …
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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5/16/26
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A Seattle City Council Committee is directing Mayor Katie Wilson to make a recommendation by Aug. 1 as to the fate of the troubled King County Regional Homeless Authority.
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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5/16/26
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Desperate to get a handle on rising property insurance costs driven by natural disasters, some state lawmakers are opening up a new line of attack in the effort to force oil companies to bear the …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline
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5/16/26
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A Washington judge on Friday sided with the state as he turned back a lawsuit seeking to block a controversial 2025 law concerning rights for parents of public school students.
Thurston County …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/15/26
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday announced the sentencing of a man who used a wire fraud scheme to steal over $600,000 from an elderly southwest Washington woman.
Roshard Andrew …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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Local flood advocates say evidence shows local communities don’t need to choose between flood prevention and protecting vulnerable fish populations.
Chehalis Basin Board member J. Vander …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/15/26
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Washington state filed a lawsuit against Providence Health and Services earlier this week over alleged employment violations that the Attorney General’s Office referred to as “bitterly ironic.”
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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Washington state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, made a campaign stop on the outskirts of the Third Congressional District on Wednesday, May 14, at the Skookumchuck Grange in Tenino, speaking to …
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By Jacob Dimond / For The Chronicle
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5/15/26
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Last month, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, introduced the bipartisan No Capital Gains Tax on Family Farms Act to remove capital gains on the sale …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, introduced legislation that’s intended to help bring an end to scammers who take advantage of truckers by …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has extended this year’s special hunt application submission deadline by one week to May 27 following an unexpected delay in the availability …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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