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Washington state's refusal to levy personal income has made its tax code an outlier for more than 90 years. With two months until the general election, public employee unions and some of the … more
An Everett man was sentenced to prison Friday following a federal investigation into a Mexican drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating out of Tacoma, according to a news release from the U.S. … more
A new political action committee (PAC) backed by President Donald Trump is reportedly wading into Washington's hottest congressional race as Republicans try to keep a House majority loyal to the … more
Letters from the U.S. Department of Justice have become a constant in Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson’s mail. As Utah’s chief election officer, she has refused to release private voter data despite … more
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sept. 4 giving the U.S. secretary of interior 90 days to decide whether to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves and Mexican … more
Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos has rarely faced a competitive election challenge in her nearly three decades in the Washington Legislature.  Now Santos, the longtime chair of the House Education … more
Boeing has made a second contract offer to its white-collar engineering and technicians union, hoping again to avoid a costly strike after union members rejected the company’s first offer in … more
Amazon is reportedly dropping another office in South Lake Union as the company continues to trim its physical footprint. The Seattle-based tech giant will let its lease lapse in the … more
A federal judge ordered a UW Medical staffer be released Friday from detention after being convinced the Kenyan immigrant had an elevated chance of a stroke while being held at the Northwest ICE … more
A new PAC backed by President Donald Trump is reportedly wading into Washington's hottest congressional race as Republicans try to keep a House majority loyal to the president. No Going Back PAC … more
Washington state's refusal to levy personal income has made its tax code an outlier for more than 90 years. With two months until the general election, public employee unions and some of the … more
Seattle City Councilmember Bob Kettle acknowledged receiving a long-awaited formal explanation from Mayor Katie Wilson’s administration regarding the forced resignation of former Seattle Police … more
President Donald Trump tried to maintain power following his loss in the 2020 election by exerting pressure on state election officials to, in some cases, “find” the votes. Loyalist … more
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman tasked by the Trump administration to head the nation’s leading worker protection agency, oversaw harassment … more
Washington’s largest union for state government workers reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract early Friday, ending weeks of tense negotiations and a walkout by workers statewide. … more
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest has reduced the closure area for the High Lava Fire in Skamania County, according to a Thursday news release from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The fire, … more
Shellfish managers with the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced Thursday 40 tentative days of razor clam digs at four coastal beaches from Oct. 9 through Dec. 27. … more
The leader of Washington’s public school system on Thursday outlined his multibillion-dollar budget request he says is needed to ensure the state meets its legal obligations to fund basic education … more
A $4 million Seattle program is continuing to help illegal immigrants as the Trump administration ramps up its crackdown on those in the U.S. without authorization, said Oksana Bilobran, interim … more
Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce officials didn’t name Mayor Katie Wilson at their annual meeting Thursday, but the message was aimed at her: no new taxes or regulations. "Companies have … more
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