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OLYMPIA – As the Seahawks prepare to kick off their hopeful Super Bowl run this weekend, Gov. Bob Ferguson and a group of state lawmakers have brought playoff fever to the Capitol.
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By Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review
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1/15/26
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Four Washington school districts are under federal investigation for reportedly allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports, escalating long-simmering tensions between the Trump …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/15/26
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday morning to send the military into Minnesota to stop protests, following another shooting by immigration agents that injured one person, …
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By Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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1/15/26
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A federal judge tentatively ruled Wednesday that Oregon does not have to hand over personally identifiable data of more than 3 million Oregon voters to the federal government.
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By Julia Shumway / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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1/15/26
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Yale Moon, a senior at Lake Washington High School, uses generative artificial intelligence in his free time to create fake images and videos.
He also sees other content that he recognizes …
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ByJake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/15/26
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President Donald Trump’s threat this week to stop federal funding to both so-called “sanctuary” cities and the states where they’re located was greeted with disbelief by many states and …
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By Tim Henderson / States Newsroom
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1/15/26
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Octopus is back on the policy menu for Washington state lawmakers.
A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus advanced out of the House Agriculture and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/15/26
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Grays Harbor County Coroner George Kelley appeared at Tuesday’s Board of County Commissioners meeting to make a major announcement. Two sets of remains in separate decades-long cold cases have been …
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By The Daily World
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1/15/26
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The Seattle city attorney and Washington attorney general say recent threats by President Donald Trump to halt federal payments to sanctuary jurisdictions starting in February lack legal standing.
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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1/14/26
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Local concerns over the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Bob Oke Game Farm in Centralia will come to the state Legislature this year.
State Reps. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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Washington state is pushing back against a recent order from the federal government that would keep the TransAlta plant near Centralia ready to burn coal through the winter.
Washington state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, recently released a video recorded in Onalaska High School’s shop class that outlined her amendment to make advanced placement (AP) credits available …
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1/14/26
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Washington state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has introduced legislation to strengthen Washington's Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA), expanding timelines for evaluation and treatment of people …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/26
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In giving his first State of the State address as the leader of the executive branch in Washington, Gov. Bob Ferguson appeared to embrace his role as a Democrat governor in a Democrat-controlled …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/14/26
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The sheriffs of Thurston and Pierce counties got into a heated online argument in the wake of Renee Good’s death in Minneapolis, accusing each other of cowardice, laziness and racist policing.
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By Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/14/26
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Elon Musk, the Tesla founder and prominent former federal agency gutter, blasted on social media Monday that Oregon has “a lot of fake voters,” citing another user’s post on his X platform.
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Betsy Hammond / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/14/26
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared likely Tuesday to keep in place laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender athletes from participating on women’s …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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1/14/26
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A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about policy proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session, with lead lawmakers and the governor lining up in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/14/26
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A federal grand jury late Tuesday afternoon returned a two-count indictment against Luis David Nino-Moncada, the man wounded by a Border Patrol officer last week in the parking lot of a medical …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/14/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday celebrated the “heart and spirit” in Washington communities ravaged by flooding in December, then pumped up fellow Democrats with calls for taxing millionaires and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/14/26
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