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OLYMPIA — After a series of late nights underneath the Capitol dome, and with about 10 days to go in the legislative session, state lawmakers have advanced significant policies including …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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4/14/23
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As Washington's homeless population grows and cities continue to clear encampments without enough available shelter beds, officials say more people have been moving onto state property where they …
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Greg Kim / The Seattle Times
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4/14/23
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Gov. Jay Inslee's administration sent a blistering letter last week to the chairs of the House and Senate transportation committees, warning that their budget proposals would lead to broken promises …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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4/14/23
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House Bill 1628, coined the Affordable Housing Act, is causing a stir among Washington residents, real estate agents and legislators.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, and …
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Mia Ryder-Marks / The Columbian
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4/14/23
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The state Legislature is moving to ease restrictions on when police can engage in car chases to nab fleeing criminal suspects.
A bipartisan compromise bill approved by the state House this week …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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4/13/23
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is calling for federal spending on a program that would include funds for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.
Thirty members of Congress …
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Carlos Fuentes / The Columbian
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4/13/23
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A former Battle Ground massage therapist was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for inappropriately touching two female patients.
Eddie D. Anzalone, 51, pleaded guilty in February in …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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4/13/23
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A 54-year-old Thurston County motorcyclist died at the scene after a two-vehicle collision near Yelm early Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred at about 2:15 a.m. on the 12900 block of Bald …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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4/13/23
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Washington lawmakers have passed legislation holding the governor's office accountable for a growing crisis of children warehoused in hospitals awaiting psychiatric care, after a final unanimous …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times
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4/13/23
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Three people have been arrested and accused of murder in the early March death of a 5-year-old girl in Ferndale, according to a Thursday city of Ferndale news release.
Melissa Welch, Cody Curtis …
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Denver Pratt / The Bellingham Herald
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4/13/23
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OLYMPIA — Debate over the latest bid to fix Washington's drug possession law — by keeping it a misdemeanor in the state — stretched into the early hours Wednesday before the House …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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4/13/23
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A 24-year-old Albany woman faces rape and other charges after she left town with a 13-year-old boy earlier this month, according to court documents.
The boy’s mother reported him missing on …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/12/23
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OLYMPIA — Police chases may again become more common in Washington if a controversial bill that passed the state House of Representatives early Tuesday morning becomes law.
The bill, which …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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4/12/23
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A weeks-long search by multiple agencies for a plane that went missing near Queets soon after takeoff on March 6 came to an end on April 10 with confirmation that the plane and the pilot's body had …
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Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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4/12/23
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State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti was getting ready to make the drive back to Olympia after a day in Vancouver when he got word that all of northbound Interstate 5 near Woodland was blocked due to a …
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William Seekamp / The Columbian
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4/12/23
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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against Puppyland, alleging that the company misrepresents its breeding standards and health guarantees of its dogs and pressures buyers …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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4/12/23
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OLYMPIA — A slimmed version of a bill to allow more duplexes or fourplexes in cities across Washington is on its way to becoming law.
The "middle housing" proposal passed the state Senate …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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4/12/23
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Dorcus Allen pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder in the killings of four Lakewood police officers in 2009.
Allen, 51, was sentenced to 10 years, …
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Alexis Krell / The News Tribune
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4/12/23
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The Washington Senate on Monday passed a "shield law" that blocks local cooperation with out-of-state efforts to pursue criminal and civil cases related to abortion, sending the legislation to Gov. …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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4/12/23
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On the day before Easter, around 100 people attended a memorial service for the stillborn girl found along the side of Interstate 82 in early March. After an anonymous couple paid for her burial, …
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Karlee Van De Venter / Tri-City Herald
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4/11/23
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