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A parental rights organization and other groups celebrated the victories from the 2026 midterm elections for protection of girls’ sports and private spaces in Arizona, Nebraska, Colorado and …
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By Tate Rosentreter / The Center Square
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11/6/26
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Traveling from eastern Washington to Olympia for the state’s Legislative session just got easier.
SeaPort Airlines announced a new air service between Spokane and the state capital on …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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11/6/26
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A federal judge sentenced a Pierce County man to 15 years in prison Monday after he was convicted of multiple sex crimes involving children.
Randy Lee Young, 40, was arrested Nov. 16, 2024, and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/6/26
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The Trump administration can’t force Washington state election officials to set aside ballots from 400-plus voters alleged to be noncitizens, a federal judge in Seattle ruled Thursday.
The …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/6/26
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About 200 parents of surviving Silver Rail Elementary students met Wednesday with district officials, consulting psychologists and police nearly three weeks after an armed gunman killed four and …
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Lillian Mongeau Hughes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/6/26
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A 40-year-old Portland man says he lost half of his foot after it became infected from unsterilized tools used during a pedicure he received at a local nail salon.
Nathan Fields has filed a …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/6/26
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A federal jury Thursday afternoon convicted a 40-year-old Tigard man of sex trafficking a woman by force in 2021 but found him not guilty of driving her across state lines to engage in prostitution.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/6/26
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Washington state Democrats were poised to gain two more seats in the Legislature after candidates defeated Republican incumbents in a closely watched Southwest Washington district, a move that puts …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/6/26
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It felt surreal to hold millions of dollars of her life’s savings in gold bars and hand them to a stranger in a parking lot, said Shane, a 78-year-old woman from Shoreline, but she thought it was …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/6/26
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Washington's reputation as a stronghold for LGBTQ+ rights dimmed Thursday, advocates said, as a ballot initiative aimed at barring transgender girls from competing in girls K-12 school sports secured …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks and Ann Duan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/6/26
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In a robotics lab just north of Lake Union, a robot arm hovers over a tabletop. It has just stacked a wooden block marked “i” onto one marked “2,” leaving it slightly off center. Four …
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Destiny Muller / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/6/26
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A frequently controversial Washington sheriff known for making provocative comments on social media will get to keep his job, voters have decided.
Pierce County Charter Amendment 53, which would …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/6/26
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Joined by her wife, her closest aides and allies and the Democratic party apparatus that buoyed her to reelection Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek offered a prompt caveat: The path to improve the …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/6/26
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Oregonians on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved new, or renewed, taxes to fund rural firefighting departments and school districts.
Funding for local fire districts were on ballots in one quarter …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/6/26
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For years, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, of Washougal, has drawn national attention as one of few Democrats diverging from her party on key House votes.
On Tuesday, she rode Democrats’ blue …
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By Anumita Kaur / The Seattle Times (MCT)
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11/6/26
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The Nature Conservancy, an international environmental nonprofit, just acquired 2,600 acres of timberland in central Washington.
Historically owned by industrial timber companies, the lands …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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11/6/26
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Backers of Initiative 638 have officially announced that the measure has passed.
Opponents of the ballot measure to keep biological males out of girls’ sports are also conceding that the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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11/5/26
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Washington’s governor met again with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday to push the case for the return of the Seattle SuperSonics as league expansion here remains uncertain.
Brionna …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/5/26
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Democrats in the Washington state House of Representatives are eyeing a supermajority as Thursday vote tallies put them on course to unseat a half-dozen incumbent Republicans and flip a GOP-held seat …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/5/26
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Voters in four states — Arizona , Colorado , Nebraska and Washington — are on track to pass or have passed measures to restrict transgender athletes’ participation in sports, a key policy focus …
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By Robbie Sequeira / Stateline.org
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11/5/26
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