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    Malden, after a wildfire in Sept. 2020 burned down 80% of the town’s buildings in Eastern Washington. Courtesy photo
    Climate dollars eyed to backfill WA wildfire funding
    By Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard • October 29, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington’s lands commissioner, Dave Upthegrove, is on a mission to secure $60 million of additional wildfire funding in next year’s…

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Conservative group sues to overturn rewrite of parental...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 28, 2025 5:12 am

    School board directors and parents sued Washington state Oct. 23 to block a Democrat-backed law overhauling rights for public school…

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    Unemployment claims roll in from laid-off feds in...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 27, 2025 5:12 am

    More than 1,600 federal workers in Washington state have filed for unemployment benefits since the government shutdown began at the…

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    A look at the Department of Health’s measles tracker. Screenshot
    New map tracks measles exposures across WA
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 24, 2025 5:12 am

    Afraid you may have been exposed to measles? Washington’s Department of Health is launching an online tracker showing locations where…

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    WA health insurance buyers confront steep price hikes
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 23, 2025 5:12 am

    The roughly 300,000 Washingtonians who buy health insurance through the state’s online marketplace are set for a rude awakening as…

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    WA State Patrol to step up protection efforts...
    By Paul W. Taylor, TVW • October 22, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste says that in response to increased political threats against public officials nationwide, the agency…

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    A Skagit River steelhead. Photo by Mike Benbow
    WA will close hatchery that produces thousands of...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • October 21, 2025 5:12 am

    There will soon be fewer steelhead released into Washington’s waters due to the impending closure of Skamania Hatchery.

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Washington AG pushing new law to protect workers...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 17, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington’s Democratic attorney general is looking at a new way to shield the state’s immigrant workers amid the Trump administration’s…

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    A bust of George Washington lies tipped over on the third floor of the Washington state Capitol building in Olympia, after a vandal broke in and caused damage on Sunday night. (Photo courtesy of Department of Enterprise Services)
    Man accused of vandalizing WA Capitol undergoes mental...
    By Emily Fitzgerald and Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 16, 2025 5:45 am

    A Washington man suspected of breaking into and vandalizing the state Capitol is undergoing a mental health evaluation, an attorney…

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    Smoke from the 2022 Loch Katrine Wildfire, burning 13 miles outside North Bend, WA. Photo courtesy of Calder Productions
    WA officials take stock as wildfire season winds...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • October 15, 2025 5:12 am

    With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season.

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    WA’s paid leave program heads toward a fiscal...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 14, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington’s innovative paid family and medical leave program could be hundreds of millions of dollars in the red within a…

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    Baby formula on a shelf. File photo
    WA’s food aid program for infants and mothers...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 13, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington mothers and their babies will have access to food benefits through the end of the month, even though the…

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    Solar panels. File photo
    Major solar farm in eastern WA on cusp...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • October 10, 2025 5:12 am

    A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a critical regulatory hurdle this month, despite…

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