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    Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
A gray wolf.
    Vote nears on ending ‘endangered’ status for WA...
    By Laurel Demkovich Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 26, 2024 1:30 am

    The Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide next month on lowering gray wolves’ status under the state’s endangered…

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    State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo
    Judge blocks parts of WA’s new parental rights...
    By Laurel Demkovich and Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 25, 2024 1:30 am

    Most of the parental “bill of rights” the Legislature approved earlier this year can remain in effect, for now, but…

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    Photo courtesy of Tom Banse
Some Vashon Island ferry commuters are making their workweek roundtrips to downtown Seattle via the King County Water Taxi until Washington State Ferries restores full service.
    Washington’s ferry system steers toward less choppy waters
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Leaders of Washington State Ferries know their navigation of the nation’s largest public ferry system is frustrating those most reliant…

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State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Poll: WA voters want their lawmakers working all...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 21, 2024 1:30 am

    Most Washington voters want their lawmakers to be at the Legislature in session during the entire year, according to a…

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A bottle of buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid-use disorder.
    Washington sees steep rise, then slow down in...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 20, 2024 1:30 am

    Washington’s medical professionals nearly tripled the state’s prescribing rate of buprenorphine, an opioid addiction treatment medication, after federal regulations were…

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    Medzo Gelato owners Fareed and Jennifer Al-Abboud. The business is located at 612-B Tacoma Ave. S. (Courtesy photo)
    Medzo Gelato gives Tacoma the scoop on Italian...
    By Drew Dotson For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 17, 2024 1:30 am

    By Drew Dotson, For the Tacoma Daily Index

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    Kyle Sullivan, Bureau of Land Management/Washington State Standard
Firefighters undertake a prescribed burn at the Upper Applegate Watershed near Medford on April 27, 2023. Such burns can help reduce the risk of large wildfires.
    Northwest leaders try again for more federal money...
    By Alex Baumhardt Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 14, 2024 1:30 am

    Oregon and Washington leaders are using the start of the region’s wildfire season to once again ask Congress for more…

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    Troy Kelley, a former Washington state auditor, was in front of the state Supreme Court on Tuesday June 11, 2024 fighting efforts to disbar him due to convictions on eight felonies, crimes that led to a federal prison sentence. (Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard)
    Former state auditor fights disbarment following prison time
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 13, 2024 1:30 am

    Disgraced former state auditor Troy X. Kelley returned to a Washington courtroom Tuesday to fight his disbarment as a result…

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    Report: 72% of WA eighth-graders not proficient in...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 12, 2024 1:30 am

    Most Washington K-12 students failed to meet basic math and reading proficiency standards in recent years, according to a new…

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    King County Solid Waste Division
Cedar Hills Regional Landfill in King County, one of the largest municipal solid waste landfills in the Pacific Northwest.
    WA cracks down on gassy garbage
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 11, 2024 1:30 am

    The state is setting new standards for landfill methane emissions, a particularly potent greenhouse gas.

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    Photo courtesy of Alisha Vilela 
Alisha Vilela, center, outside A Place for Me in Tacoma.
    321 Buddy Fundraising opens new resource center in...
    By Drew Dotson For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 10, 2024 1:30 am

    It’s a free location and space for individuals with Down syndrome, along with friends and family.

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    Photo courtesy of DEA
Fentanyl pills.
    Could WA’s health ‘hub’ model treating opioid addiction...
    By Laurel Demkovich Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 8, 2024 1:30 am

    Imagine if anyone with an opioid addiction could walk into a local treatment center and receive medication for their addiction,…

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State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Hundreds of new laws will take effect in...
    By Laurel Demkovich Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • June 7, 2024 1:30 am

    Guns, taxes, policing and octopus farming are among the areas they cover.

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