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Washington House lawmakers, for nearly five hours on Monday, battled through the latest round of debate in the state Legislature over parental rights.
Democrats say the bill they approved …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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The Trump administration on Monday launched an investigation into the Washington office tasked with overseeing public schools, citing allegations that the state directed a school district to …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/15/25
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When Washington’s 147 legislators kicked off the 2025 session three months ago, solving the problem of an ever-growing shortfall in the state’s next operating budget topped their to-do …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/14/25
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The Trump administration on Friday denied Washington’s request for federal disaster relief to recover from last year’s bomb cyclone that caused tens of millions of dollars in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/14/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill Friday, April 11, that will require sexually violent predators to wear GPS monitors.
House Bill 1457 is a bipartisan bill sponsored by the two House …
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By The Chronicle Staff
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4/14/25
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Two hikers and their three dogs were rescued after getting lost in the snow, officials in Cowlitz County said.
On April 10, the hikers, ages 18 and 24, got lost in the snow with their three dogs …
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Paloma Chavez / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/14/25
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A cat and dog died in a fire that destroyed an RV in Lacey Sunday afternoon, according to Lacey Fire District 3.
A man also was treated for minor burns to a hand, Battalion Chief Ryan Perz said. …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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4/14/25
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Olympia police are looking for a rape suspect who attacked a woman on the city’s west side last month.
About 7 p.m. March 4, the 46-year-old woman exited a Grays Harbor Transit bus from …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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4/14/25
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Search teams scouring the Willamette River near Willamette Falls on Sunday reported finding an empty kayak after reports a kayaker went over the falls late Saturday and did not resurface.
A …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/14/25
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As state lawmakers look for ways to cut Washington's $16 billion budget shortfall, one of the state's largest and most delayed IT projects is under uncomfortable scrutiny.
In 2015, the state …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/14/25
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Owen Liu was hired to help solve a mystery.
Fishers had been plying the Pacific Ocean in search of hake, a species making up one of the most lucrative fisheries on the West Coast.
But the …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/14/25
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Last Friday, April 4, a group of killer whales swam into Grays Harbor, reportedly going at least as far as under the Chehalis River Bridge.
According to the California Current Killer Whale …
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By The Daily World
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4/14/25
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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer Lanny McOmber recently investigated a tip about a commercial Dungeness crab vessel delivering undersized crab in Westport.
Officer …
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By The Daily World
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4/14/25
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This article was first published by TVW .
Despite growing national backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra Stephens says the …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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4/14/25
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You may be seeing more out-of-state license plates than usual around the Tri-Cities for a couple of months.
RV parks and short term rentals are booked up and restaurants may be busier than …
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Annette Cary / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/13/25
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A suspect who damaged a Tesla supercharger in Lacey last week started a fire at the site and may have been injured as a result, the FBI announced Friday.
About 1:30 a.m. April 8, the FBI says a …
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Rolf Boone / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/13/25
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The Washington State Senate on Friday approved Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1296 , one of this session’s most controversial and divisive pieces of legislation, on a 30-19 party-line vote.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/13/25
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The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has canceled $3.9 million in grants to the Washington State Library, putting key programs and at least 30 jobs in jeopardy.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/13/25
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REI offered a mea culpa for backing Doug Burgum, the former North Dakota governor who President Donald Trump picked for interior secretary.
The Issaquah-based co-op signed onto a letter in …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/13/25
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The room looked undisturbed. A gold watch, pill bottles, a backpack and a toothbrush had all been left behind, tidily arranged in the small Tukwila apartment. The man's clothes had been neatly put …
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Rebecca Moss / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/13/25
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