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By the third time that Margaret Swoboda’s calls to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management were dumped into the agency’s voicemail system, the 100-year-old resident of Northeast Portland …
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Ted Sickinger / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/3/25
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Portland police arrested three people for fighting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in the South Waterfront on Thursday night.
The arrests happened after federal …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/3/25
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A lawsuit was filed in Thurston County Superior Court on Thursday by a pair of state lawmakers and a public policy organization against two state agencies for what the plaintiffs say is the …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/3/25
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The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they want to — something Washington’s state wildland firefighters have …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/3/25
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Thirty statewide advocacy groups are urging the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives to take action against a GOP legislator who called for the execution of a Democratic …
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By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy and Florence Becot / States Newsroom
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10/2/25
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School will continue as normal for Washington’s K-12 students amidst the federal government shutdown, at least for now.
Most federal funding for K-12 education is provided in …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/2/25
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The Trump administration on Wednesday nixed funding for the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub and several hundred other federally-subsidized clean energy projects in Democratic-led states.
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By Tom Banse / States Newsroom
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10/2/25
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A recommendation from two Washington State University economists that the state end its ban on thinner, single-use plastic bags because the law is doing more harm than good isn’t sitting well …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/2/25
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The man who became known as the “South Hill Rapist” is being released Thursday and is reportedly headed for an adult family home in Federal Way, Wash.
As reported previously, Kevin …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/2/25
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Democratic attorneys general from 21 jurisdictions sued the Trump administration Wednesday for denying federal funds to help victims of violent crimes who are illegal immigrants.
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10/2/25
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Some Washington state lawmakers are pressing the Department of Children, Youth & Families for updated information on critical incidents involving children under state supervision.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/2/25
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The head of Washington’s largest business association said the state’s manufacturing sector is at risk due to growing taxes, complex regulations and trade uncertainty.
Association of …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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10/2/25
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Let’s Go Washington signature gatherers for two initiatives continue to endure threats, intimidation, destruction of property, and, in some cases, assaults, the organization …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/2/25
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Two Oregon Republican lawmakers said Wednesday they will attempt to refer the transportation tax hikes recently approved by the Legislature to next year’s ballot, a move that would require an …
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Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/2/25
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Oregon House Republicans have chosen a new leader.
On Wednesday, the caucus elected Rep. Lucetta Elmer of McMinnville to lead the 23 member body. The previous leader, Rep. Christine Drazan of …
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Sami Edge / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/2/25
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This year’s harvest moon is going to be a little more, well, super.
The first full moon of fall, coming the night of Oct. 6, will appear a little bigger and brighter than usual as it rises …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/2/25
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U.S. Immigration Judge Charles Neil Floyd, whose court is at the center of a class-action lawsuit over controversially tough rulings on bond for detained undocumented immigrants, has been tapped to …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/2/25
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Thurston County is finalizing a $34.9 million deal to buy a seven-acre property in downtown Olympia.
The county queued up the sale of the property, located at the intersection of Plum Street …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/2/25
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Tolling this week started on certain roadways under the Puget Sound Gateway Program, a nearly $3 billion project from the Washington State Department of Transportation that seeks to “complete …
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Isha Trivedi / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/2/25
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Two wildfires burning east of the Cascade crest are now the state's largest, and serve as a reminder that, despite rainy, fall weather in Western Washington, fire season rages on.
Commissioner …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/2/25
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