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Washington's unemployment agency was "wholly unprepared" to prevent or even detect a massive criminal fraud scheme that stole more than $640 million amid a surge in jobless claims last year, a new …
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Paul Roberts and Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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4/14/21
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OLYMPIA — Nearly two months after the Washington Supreme Court invalidated their felony drug-possession convictions, 15 people are being released from prison by a stroke of Gov. Jay Inslee's …
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Joseph O'Sullivan and David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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4/14/21
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Washington lawmakers are divided over an education bill that would eliminate a standardized assessment for student teachers that critics say is inequitable and unnecessary.
While the Senate passed …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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4/14/21
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A push from Southwest Washington's lawmakers to establish more oversight on Gov. Jay Inslee's emergency powers has failed to pick up much traction in the current legislative session, and the effort …
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Calley Hair / The Columbian
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4/14/21
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Olympia will require large grocery stores to pay their employees $4 more per hour in hazard pay beginning next month.
The ordinance, which city council passed on Tuesday by a 6-0 vote, is intended …
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Brandon Block / The Olympian
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4/14/21
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Washington's public schools soon will be required to take new steps to curb children's exposure to lead after passage of a bill that mandates schools fix or replace fixtures that leach the toxin into …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times
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4/13/21
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OLYMPIA — Pierce, Cowlitz and Whitman counties must tighten COVID-19 restrictions amid rising cases, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday.
Those three counties will roll back to the second phase …
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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4/13/21
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A 15-year-old Vancouver boy died of starvation and neglect, according to the county medical examiner.
Vancouver police have been investigating the circumstances since the boy died at a local …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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4/13/21
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Ahead of warmer weather forecasted for next week, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is warning residents to make sure their campfires and burn piles are fully extinguished …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/12/21
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Nowadays, the government needs more than gasoline taxes to fund its vast mission to expand, replace and preserve transportation routes in Washington state.
Legislators have drawn up a menu of 33 …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times
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4/12/21
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An multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Hadar illness has prompted a public health alert for about 211,406 pounds of raw ground turkey.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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4/11/21
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, citing religious liberty, has lifted another of California’s COVID-19 restrictions, holding the state may not prevent people from gathering in homes …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times
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4/11/21
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Just five days before all Washington adults will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, counties across the state risk falling back to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's reopening plan, but business …
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Kristine Sherred / The News Tribune
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4/11/21
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The Washington state House of Representatives voted 91-7 on Friday to approve legislation to allow farmworkers to receive overtime pay, and to provide protections for farmers from retroactive …
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Jacqueline Allison / Skagit Valley Herald
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4/11/21
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Thurston County Board of Commissioners have unanimously approved a "scattered-site management" plan that will provide support to three homeless encampments in Olympia for the next year.
Half that …
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Juneteenth Is One Step Closer to Becoming a Paid State Holiday in Washington After State Senate Vote
OLYMPIA — Juneteenth is one step closer to becoming a paid state holiday in Washington, after a bill passage in the state Senate on Friday.
Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, the day …
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Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday relaxed requirements for counties to remain in Phase 3 of the state's COVID-19 reopening plan, but Yakima County still fails to meet those standards and is expected to be …
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Pat Muir / Yakima Herald-Republic
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4/10/21
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Two major climate bills championed by Gov. Jay Inslee passed the state Senate late Thursday, bringing Democrats one step closer to a long sought cap-and-trade program and a low-carbon fuel …
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Calley Hair / The Columbian
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4/10/21
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Washington may soon become the first state in the country to ensure that low-income tenants have legal representation when faced with an eviction, an idea lawmakers see as a way to head off a feared …
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Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times
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4/10/21
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On a bright and early weekend morning, Annie Lai got into a car in Seattle with her friends and headed east. Their destination, 142 miles away: Yakima. More specifically: a COVID-19 vaccine dose in …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times
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4/9/21
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