The latest beef in Olympia? Cow burps, farts, and poops. Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to gather better data on the scale and scope of methane emissions released by dairies …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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They’re not old enough yet to drink in bars, but a group of Washington students wants to make nightlife in the state safer.
A bill in the state Legislature requested by Lake …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/7/25
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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal immigration …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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The Idaho House on Thursday widely approved a bill to make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho.
If passed into law, Idaho could become the only state to have death by …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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2/6/25
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Washington’s new Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson has vowed to veto any state budget bill that does not include $100 million for hiring more cops.
The idea doesn’t sit well with Black …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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A 14-year-old boy died with more than 1,000 injuries from a three-hour-long beating from his mom in Washington, police said.
Denaya Young, 29, was arrested Jan. 30 on a second-degree murder …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/6/25
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Shelton police arrested two men accused of fatally shooting a man Monday night after a search that lasted into Tuesday.
Officers found a dead man with a gunshot wound at a home on the 1400 block …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/6/25
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Issues with a federal payment system have rattled Head Start programs across Washington.
As of Monday, about a quarter of Head Start grant recipients in Washington were locked out of a system …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/6/25
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OLYMPIA — The governing body of nearly 800 public and private middle and high schools in Washington will wait for additional guidance before potentially implementing a new federal executive …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/6/25
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A viral post on social media regarding when state agencies are required to notify parents of suspected child abuse is an example of "politics at its worst," a Democratic legislator said Tuesday.
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/6/25
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SEATTLE — After a taxiing plane struck a parked aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, passengers and regulators scrambled to understand what had happened — but …
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Lauren Rosenblatt and Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/6/25
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Washington’s schools superintendent says the state isn’t backing down from protecting transgender students.
The announcement from Superintendent Chris Reykdal referenced President …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/6/25
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A Marion County jury found Lincoln Smith guilty for smashing his semitruck into a van parked on the side of Interstate 5, killing seven farmworkers two years ago
The jury deliberated for about …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/6/25
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The status of more than $50 million in federal grants to Washington’s Department of Ecology remained in doubt late Tuesday, halting projects on water quality, shoreline restoration and toxic …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/6/25
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A public community meeting will be hosted by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, and the Gifford Pinchot and Mount Hood national forests to share information about proposed changes to the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/6/25
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A bill to limit major investors from buying up large numbers of single-family homes got a public hearing in Olympia on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 5496 , according to a brief summary of the bill, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/5/25
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., blasted the administration of President Donald Trump for holding back hundreds of millions of dollars that were allocated to Washington state projects. That's despite …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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2/5/25
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Washington’s governor, attorney general and state lawmakers are in line for hefty pay raises in the next two years.
And salaries for the state’s seven other executives and hundreds …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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Throughout a snowy day in Olympia, around 1,500 people showed up at the Washington state Capitol campus to protest against President Donald Trump and his policies.
Crowds marched around …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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Washington Senate Democrats on Wednesday approved changes to an initiative passed last year that establishes a parental “bill of rights” for families with children in the state’s …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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