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A 37-year-old man arrested twice by Puyallup police officers is facing multiple federal charges related to drugs, firearms possession and money laundering.
Dennis Aguilar Huisa, who had been …
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Constanza Montemayor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/12/25
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The blue rubber gloves and N95 masks in a Seattle senior living community used to mark a time of isolation, fear, loss.
Yet on a recent afternoon at Merrill Gardens in Ballard, these medical …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/25
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Following a contentious floor debate, the state Senate approved a bill Friday that would guarantee public school students in Washington certain rights.
Senate Democrats pushed the bill …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/25
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Possible increases in property taxes and business and occupation taxes have garnered the lion’s share of headlines this legislative session, as has a possible statewide payroll tax and a …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington State Legislature passed a bill Thursday declaring it “unprofessional conduct” for bail bond recovery agents – better known as bounty hunters – to enforce civil …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday targeting state-level climate policies — including Washington state's Climate Commitment Act — calling them unconstitutional …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will turn over 15 surplus wildfire engines to fire districts in wildfire-prone rural communities across Washington state this spring.
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/11/25
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Providence Medical Group Southwest will officially consolidate its two women’s health specialty clinics in Olympia on April 28 to adjacent locations in the same building.
The new clinic …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/11/25
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At a Senate hearing Wednesday, former Washington congressional candidate Joe Kent brushed off or refused to answer questions about a controversial group chat disclosing details of a U.S. military …
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By Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/11/25
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By The Chronicle staff
As a member of the Washington Clean Coast Alliance, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will co-host the annual Washington Coast Cleanup on April 19.
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4/11/25
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The Washington State Senate has passed a bill previously approved by the House of Representatives that would prohibit governors of other states from sending their National Guard into Washington …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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The Washington State Senate on Thursday passed a controversial bill on vaccines and other public health requirements during communicable disease outbreaks.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1531 , …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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There was emotional testimony on the House floor Wednesday as lawmakers debated and eventually passed a bill that repeals the crime of “concealing a birth” and removes coroner …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/11/25
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A cap on annual residential rent increases in Washington state is closer than ever to becoming law.
But major changes made in the Senate on Thursday have set up a clash with their Democratic …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/11/25
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State troopers allege an intoxicated Seattle driver with an infant passenger led them on a high speed chase in Thurston County Monday.
The driver, a 20-year-old woman, was arrested at …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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4/10/25
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Majority Democrats in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature say a “wealth tax” proposal is dead this session.
During a Wednesday media availability event , Senate …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/10/25
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The Washington State Legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that could offer significant relief to people drowning in medical debt, but critics warn it may drive up costs for everyone.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/10/25
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Many states don’t tax synthetic nicotine products like Zyn, but Washington might start after House Democrats advanced a bill on Tuesday that would expand the state’s tobacco tax.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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4/10/25
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A year after Senate Democrats promoted — and then abandoned under intense pressure — property tax hike legislation, they are back this session with Senate Bill 5798 that removes the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/10/25
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Tuesday’s latest deadline in the Washington Legislature provided the last rites for numerous proposals tackling everything from penalties for environmental crimes to union bargaining over …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/10/25
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