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House Republicans are blasting their Democratic colleagues for effectively shutting down debate on a controversial parental-rights bill on Monday.
State Rep. April Connors, the House Republican …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/16/25
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As much as $589 billion will be needed to finish environmental cleanup and some monitoring at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington, but there is some good news there.
Three years ago, …
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Annette Cary / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/16/25
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The U.S. Department of Education is initiating an investigation into the Washington state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction stemming from its conflict with a Southwest Washington school …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/16/25
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Washingtonians are one step closer to needing a permit in order to buy firearms after Democrats in the Senate voted in favor of a proposal Monday evening.
House Bill 1163 passed the Senate with …
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Shauna Sowersby / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/16/25
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In the state's latest symptom of inadequate road maintenance, growing bridge cracks have caused an emergency shutdown of Highway 165 approaching Mount Rainier National Park.
The closure of the …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/16/25
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Legislation requiring residents to obtain a permit before purchasing a firearm has cleared another hurdle after the Washington Senate backed the proposal Monday in a party-line vote.
A …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/16/25
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Authorities say a suspect who fled from law enforcement is dead in a suspected suicide that occurred Monday night.
The person’s name, gender and area of residence has not been released …
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By The Daily News
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4/16/25
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After hours of intense debate on the House floor Monday, majority Democrats pushed though one of the most contentious bills of the 2025 legislative session.
House Democrats also for the first …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/16/25
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As every state surrounding Idaho legalized marijuana, state Rep. Bruce Skaug started to view it as inevitable that the Gem State would follow suit.
Not anymore.
Skaug, a Republican, …
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By Kevin Hardy / States Newsroom
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4/16/25
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Top aides in Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office debated plans earlier this year to send 200 National Guard troops to the Canadian border to assist with the Trump administration’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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A man accused of pointing a gun at a woman’s head and threatening to kill her in Centralia in February was arrested after he allegedly strangled, slapped and bit the same woman in Centralia on …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/15/25
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A Lewis County Jail inmate and an out-of-custody accomplice are facing charges in Lewis County Superior Court for allegedly taking part in a scheme involving the accomplice pretending to be a doctor …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/15/25
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Wyatt Mendel received a Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial Scholarship in 2011 as a Yelm High School graduate. Nearly 15 years later, he’s ready to return the gesture. “It meant a lot to …
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Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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4/15/25
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Marcia Norman, the 82-year-old woman who was reported missing from her McIntosh Lake-area residence near Tenino on April 4, was found dead on an Olympia property associated with handyman and person …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/15/25
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A 55-year-old Vader man was killed in a single-vehicle crash with a tree off of Jackson Highway near Toledo on Sunday, April 6, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday.
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/15/25
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Democratic lawmakers in Washington are beginning to lay out the buffet of tax increases they want to use to fill most of a $16 billion state budget shortfall.
There are hikes in business and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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4/15/25
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The Washington state Senate on Monday approved legislation to require a new state permit to buy guns.
The debate over House Bill 1163 has been one of the most contentious this legislative …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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Boeing, its suppliers and the Seattle-area aerospace industry are in for a bumpy ride as they navigate President Donald Trump's turbulent trade war.
Scott Hamilton, an aerospace analyst with …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/15/25
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A man was kidnapped behind a Safeway in Washington and held captive for days, deputies said.
The incident happened April 6 in Ephrata, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/15/25
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Some manufactured homes will be eligible for the same low-cost mortgages as their site-built counterparts under a bill signed into law by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson.
The governor signed …
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Wendy Culverwell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/15/25
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