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In the final hours of the legislative session, state lawmakers passed budgets on Thursday to fill a multi-billion-dollar hole with new taxes, reserves, one-time transfers and some cuts.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/12/26
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President Donald Trump’s senior policy advisor on homelessness, Robert Marbut, will be in Portland next week to meet with local officials.
The Oregonian/OregonLive obtained a copy Thursday of …
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Lillian Mongeau Hughes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/12/26
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Measles testing is ramping up at UW Medicine as the Puget Sound area gets ready to welcome a flood of out-of-state visitors this summer, potentially coinciding with a nationwide outbreak fueled by a …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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Microsoft is asking a federal court to block the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic’s AI technology as a national security risk, tying the two companies together in a legal battle with the Trump …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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Winds are subsiding in Seattle after a chaotic night, but tens of thousands are still without power.
The Seattle metropolitan area saw gusts of 45 mph Wednesday night while gusts in the Western …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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One of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives was arrested in Mexico on suspicion of killing two women at Federal Way's Stars Bar & Grill and injuring a male patron in 2023, officials said …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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A 50-year-old man was badly hurt Wednesday night when a tree fell on a camper near his family's home in Stillwater, north of Carnation, said Eastside Fire & Rescue.
A family member inside …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/12/26
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A 52-year-old man who stole a pickup truck was arrested after a high-speed chase ended with him crashing into a patrol car, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Isabela Lund / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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3/12/26
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Democratic state senators in Washington pushed a state income tax across the legislative finish line Wednesday after Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to derail it failed.
On a 27-21 vote, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/12/26
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The day after majority party Democrats in the Washington state House of Representatives passed, after a 24-hour debate, a tax on annual personal income exceeding $1 million, business organizations …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/11/26
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Injected under the skin, usually between the thumb and index finger, microchip implants can serve as identification or make contactless payments smoother.
But Washington workers don’t …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Democrats in the Washington Legislature released a budget deal Wednesday balanced with one-time maneuvers, siphoning of rainy day reserves and slashing of child care funding.
“There will be a …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Tax legislation Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Wednesday targets the last coal-fired power plant in the Pacific Northwest.
But if the coal tax and a related climate pollution fee work as …
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, led the Washington state Legislature in honoring the Chinook Indian Nation in the final days of the state's 2026 legislative session this week.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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Olympia Indivisible and Evergreen Resistance, along with coalition partners, have invited the public to attend a third “No Kings” protest at the state Capitol on March 28.
“No Thrones, No …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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Beginning July 8, the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will no longer provide hunting and fishing licenses or other license products on waterproof, tear-resistant license paper …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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A Sandy man has been sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison for stealing more than $65,000 worth of property from self-storage units, the Clackamas County District Attorney’s officials said.
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/11/26
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A Portland man died in a skiing accident on Mt. Bachelor on Monday, Deschutes County Sheriff’s officials said.
Nigel Barry Young, 65, crashed around 2:20 p.m. as he skied with a group of three …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/11/26
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A bill to create a modern fleet of passenger-only ferries in Washington state appeared on the glide path to passage this legislative session in Olympia, following lopsided votes of approval in both …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/11/26
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The first signs felt eerily familiar.
Getting word that out-of-state travelers may have brought in an extremely contagious virus. Scrambling to notify the public. Tracking exposures. Testing …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/11/26
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