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A year ago, Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, signed onto legislation to create a statewide version of a Seattle tax on the payrolls of Washington’s largest employers.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/3/26
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Democratic legislative leaders are finally releasing their long-anticipated proposal to impose an income tax on Washington's wealthiest residents.
The bill, to be formally introduced this week …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/3/26
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A judge has denied bail to the man accused of raping and robbing a 48-year-old woman with Down syndrome at Little Squalicum Park in Bellingham.
Joseph Fawler Drager, 35, was arrested Aug. 27, …
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Hannah Edelman / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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2/3/26
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Crime across Seattle fell 18% last year compared with 2024, with double-digit drops in homicides, nonfatal shootings, burglaries and stolen vehicles, Seattle police Chief Shon Barnes said Monday at …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/3/26
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The elk herds being tracked by the Skokomish Indian Tribe have mysteriously diminished.
“The numbers are not great for the elk,” said Bethany Ackerman, the tribe’s wildlife biologist. …
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By Tiffany Royal / Northwest Treaty Tribes
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2/2/26
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Whether or not the Seattle Seahawks are sold after Super Bowl LX remains to be seen, but the timing of such speculation comes shortly after the details of an income-based “jock tax” on …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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2/2/26
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Washington state Supreme Court Justice Barbara Madsen is retiring, the court announced Monday, adding to significant turnover on the court this year.
Madsen, who has served in the role since …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/2/26
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The Washington state Senate declared Monday what many Mariners fans have been thinking this offseason: Cal Raleigh deserved to be named the American League’s Most Valuable Player.
The …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/2/26
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OLYMPIA — A protest at the Capitol Saturday called for the removal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “everywhere.” With more than 1,500 attending, the rally joined similar nationwide …
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By Annika Hauer / The Washington State Journal
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2/2/26
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The effort to relocate the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Bob Oke Game Farm in Centralia is now beyond discussions with state departments and local governments as two 20th …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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2/2/26
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Cascade Natural Gas Corporation and the Washington state Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) have reached a settlement agreement related to multiple pipeline safety violations.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/2/26
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A proposed bill in Washington state's Legislature during the 2025 session would have banned cellphone use by students in the state's public schools, but it failed to get off the ground.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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2/2/26
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The Washington state Employment Security Department was awarded a $1 million disaster recovery grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) to help workers living in Washington who were affected …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/2/26
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The Washington state Senate recently took a decisive step toward enhancing public safety by unanimously passing Senate Bill 5268, according to a news release from Sen. Keith Wagoner, R-Sedro-Woolley.
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/2/26
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Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson took to social media Sunday evening to deny any affiliation with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after emails released by the U.S. …
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Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/2/26
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The thieves were in and out within two minutes.
That's according to what was filmed on Pro Image Sports' cameras around 4 a.m. Sunday, when three masked men wearing all black broke into the …
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Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/2/26
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The city of Ocean Shores, citing its ordinance granting it oversight of hotels and motels, has shut the Shilo Inns Ocean Shores for the second time in six months.
A “Notice and Order to Abate …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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2/2/26
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Toutle Lake School District canceled school for all grades Friday after a large number of students and staff called out sick earlier this week.
About 150 students between Toutle Lake Elementary …
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By Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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2/2/26
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Federal energy regulators last Thursday greenlit a roughly $2 billion renewable energy megaproject on a Yakama Nation sacred site overlooking the Columbia River in Klickitat County.
The 40-year …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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2/2/26
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Child deaths and critical injuries in Washington’s child welfare system hit a record high in 2025.
State lawmakers are looking for solutions, and Democrats and Republicans each have …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/2/26
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