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States, cities and counties filed a pair of lawsuits Monday challenging new federal rules that will allow immigrants’ use of safety net resources to be taken into account for green cards and other …
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By Nada Hassanein / Stateline.org
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9/15/26
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Two of Washington’s hottest ballot battles will be the subject of prime-time televised debates next month.
On Oct. 8, a former congresswoman and the leader of a statewide labor organization …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/15/26
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Washington needs to spend another $1.3 billion over the next two years to address skyrocketing lawsuit payouts due to state government misconduct, according to a recently filed budget request from a …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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9/15/26
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Seattle police arrested a man Monday in connection with one of three fatal shootings in Belltown over Labor Day weekend.
Detectives arrested a man, 44, for investigation of shooting to death a …
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/15/26
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As frontier artificial intelligence labs once again caution about the speed of the technology’s development, Microsoft released a code of conduct for how it plans to clamp down on its own AI …
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Alex Halverson and Destiny Muller / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/15/26
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The Northwest is preparing for its largest grid build-out in decades to meet a historic surge in electricity demand, expected to cost billions of dollars.
The problem is, nobody really knows how …
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Greg Kim / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/15/26
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In the latest sign of trouble for Washington's cooling economy, the state saw the launch of yet another star-studded economic task force.
On Monday, Seattle-area politicians and business leaders …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/15/26
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Plenty of motorists are used to being passed by speeders on Washington's highways, but footage of a car illegally speeding down the I-90 floating bridge's bike trail now has state officials …
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/15/26
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Ukraine said it hit the Syzran refinery in Russia’s Volga region overnight, underlining that the two nations have not signed up to the energy truce claimed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Both …
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Bloomberg News (TNS)
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9/15/26
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Mayor Katie Wilson has walked back a campaign promise to provide indoor shelter for all of Seattle’s homeless residents.
Wilson, in a press release, is citing budget limitations and …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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9/15/26
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After nearly eight years leading Yellowstone National Park, Superintendent Cameron “Cam” Sholly will join the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, said a news release Friday from Yellowstone …
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Daily Montanan Staff
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9/15/26
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Declining birth rates mean fewer students.
And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools.
“The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of …
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Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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9/15/26
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In an unexpected move, President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Pete Serrano, a former state attorney general candidate from Pasco, to be the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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9/15/26
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More than 20,000 ballots were rejected in Washington's August primary after U.S. Postal Service policy changes, with rural and Latino-heavy counties taking the biggest hit.
However, additional …
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Sydney Jackson / The Center Square
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9/14/26
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Friday morning, Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office] detectives followed up on an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation with assistance from patrol deputies and detectives from the …
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By The Daily World
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9/14/26
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On Wednesday, Sept. 16, the EPA will hold an information session about the ongoing time-critical removal action at the Cosmo Specialty Fibers facility in Cosmopolis.
The session will take place …
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By The Daily World
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9/14/26
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Seven of the last 10 years, the state of Washington has been in some form of drought, with water levels below 75% of “normal levels.”
Longer periods with less rain, shrinking snow packs and …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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9/14/26
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Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, will hold two mobile office hour sessions in the area this month.
Gluesenkamp Perez’s office announced Monday it would hold a three-hour …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/14/26
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One of the candidates for the state Supreme Court has solicited signatures of more than five dozen other judges from across the state in a letter criticizing his opponent for allegedly making …
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By Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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9/14/26
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A new electric workboat is helping the Quinault Indian Nation protect vital fisheries while reducing fossil fuel use.
This year, the state Department of Commerce awarded the Quinault Indian …
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By The Daily World
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9/14/26
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