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OLYMPIA — After a monthslong debate between hospitals and nursing unions, a bill that would have required hospitals to implement nurse-to-patient ratios died this week in the …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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3/6/22
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Thurston County plans to spend $372,000 to start designing improvements to its ballot processing center even as it holds back on improving the recently purchased Mottman Complex.
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3/6/22
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OLYMPIA — Fewer toxic chemicals were released into the environment in the Pacific Northwest over the last few years, according to an announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency on …
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3/6/22
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The two Whatcom County Sheriff's Office deputies who were shot in the face while responding to a call in the Peaceful Valley neighborhood are bringing a civil lawsuit against the man who is charged …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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3/6/22
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Washington employers will soon have to disclose the starting salary for open positions to job applicants — at the beginning of the recruiting process — if a bill that recently passed both …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times
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3/6/22
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The Clark County Sheriff's office reported a two year-old died after drowning in a creek east of La Center on Saturday afternoon.
A family placed a 9-1-1 call reporting their child missing …
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Griffin Reilly / The Columbian
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3/6/22
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In an effort to help fund $16.8 billion in transportation priorities, Democrats in the Washington Legislature are eyeing yet another shift in strategy.
Last week, members of the House abandoned …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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3/5/22
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OLYMPIA — Washington's public officials are moving to cut ties between state government and Russian institutions after the invasion of Ukraine — but there may not be much to cut.
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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3/5/22
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He's already resigned, but Tacoma police officer Robert Hollingsworth has been placed on administrative leave by department leaders after the discovery of an online video that violates city policy.
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Sean Robinson / The News Tribune
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3/5/22
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OLYMPIA — Opponents of Gov. Jay Inslee's public-health restrictions to curb COVID-19 descended upon the Washington Capitol campus Saturday with flags, signs and vehicle convoys.
Saturday's …
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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3/5/22
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OLYMPIA — Making, distributing or selling gun magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds is one step closer to being illegal in Washington.
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OLYMPIA — The Washington House late Friday voted to prohibit the sale, distribution and manufacture of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, marking a major victory for …
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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3/5/22
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OLYMPIA — Two bills that would tweak police reform measures passed last year are now law after Gov. Jay Inslee signed them Friday.
Two other, more controversial bills, dealing with the …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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3/4/22
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Two Spokane-area men were arrested in January for alleged sex crimes against local children between 5 and 10 years old, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Tony Bolen, 40, of Spokane, was …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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3/4/22
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A 33-year-old Clallam County woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly mailing drugs to two inmates at the Washington Corrections Center for Women near Gig Harbor, the Clallam County Sheriff's …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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3/4/22
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A 36-year-old convicted felon was arrested last week for allegedly raping a woman inside a vehicle and then leaving her bound and naked outside the car late last year in Spokane Valley, …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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3/4/22
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In a surprise move the federal agency in charge of the welfare of captive marine mammals has brought the curtain down on Lolita, the captive performing killer whale, a fixture of performances at the …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times
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3/4/22
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A bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers and the state's regulating cannabis agency will have an eleventh-hour hearing on their plan to toss hemp-derived products from retail stores in this year's …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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3/4/22
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When Don Creery punches in as a driver for Uber, he's loath to cross the bridge from Seattle to Bellevue, because when he does, the minimum pay he's guaranteed disappears.
"If I get a ride …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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3/4/22
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Most of Washington's indoor masking requirements will soon come to an end — and the state's "natural experiment" will begin.
For nearly two years Washingtonians have been mandated, off and …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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3/4/22
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