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SEATTLE — It’s likely we’ll never uncover the identity of the one voter who did not include Ichiro on his or her Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
Ichiro would like to meet that …
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Adam Jude / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/23/25
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Army recruit Tyson Richardson was home for the holidays in Oregon and out with friends looking to have some fun.
Several days before he was set to resume boot camp in Georgia, he took some …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/25
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Two teenagers are in custody for allegedly killing a man who tried to stop a purse-snatching in a Fred Meyer parking lot Jan. 13, police say.
Officers declined to identify the two teenage boys, …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/25
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A series of billboards went up alongside Interstate 5 heading into Salem on Monday — but they aren’t meant for most of the people who will see them.
They’re for the eyes of …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/23/25
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A bill introduced this legislative session to add additional requirements for those gathering signatures in Washington state for initiatives would effectively "kill" the process, according to one …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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1/23/25
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As Washington state grapples with an operating budget shortfall upwards of $16 billion through 2029, House Democrats are proposing a tax on firearms and ammunition to take the total combined rate as …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/23/25
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Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would reform the way revenue for the operating budget is forecast, a move the sponsors say will help prevent another projected shortfall the …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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1/23/25
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The mother of a 12-year-old girl struck and killed by a hit and run driver three years ago was back in Olympia this week testifying in support of a bill to make hit-and-run drivers more …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/23/25
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Under a bill proposed Monday, the legislative majority is pushing to require proof of “financial responsibility” before purchasing or possessing a firearm by requiring certain liability …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/23/25
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The Washington Policy Center said Wednesday that it is suing the state Departments of Ecology and Commerce over the agencies’ failure to comply with a state law requiring timely reporting of …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/23/25
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President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley.
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Corinne Smith / The Alaska Beacon
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1/23/25
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Like everything else, Washington’s court system was upended by COVID-19. Court proceedings paused or moved online. Cases piled up. Justice was delayed.
But the pandemic, in some ways, also …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/23/25
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Before this year’s Washington state legislative session began, Sen. Deborah Krishnadasan was giving her husband a tour of her new workplace: the state Capitol building in Olympia.
After …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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1/23/25
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The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is under scrutiny after a report last month found the organization’s structure was “dysfunctional” and needed reforms.
The report by …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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1/23/25
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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.
U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/23/25
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Prices for gasoline, both in Washington and nationwide, crept up over the last week, according to the latest survey from GasBuddy, released Monday.
The average price for a gallon of gas in …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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1/22/25
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Washington state Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, has proposed the creation of the Office of Entrepreneurship in House Bill 1245.
“The goal here is not to grow government,” Couture …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/22/25
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In 2017, an enclosed floating cage (known as a net pen) in the Puget Sound collapsed at its location near Cypress Island. The collapse resulted in the accidental release of over 250,000 Atlantic …
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Karlee Van De Venter / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/22/25
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OLYMPIA — As the City of Spokane Valley struggles to adequately staff its police force for a rising population, Councilman Rod Higgins told members of the Senate Law and Justice committee that …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/22/25
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SEATTLE — Democratic lawmakers in Olympia are once again considering a sweeping package of gun control measures — this time, a trio of bills that would enhance gun storage, limit bulk …
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Shauna Sowersby / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/22/25
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