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    Need to brush up on your etiquette? Gonzaga...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • October 8, 2024 1:30 am

    If you feel like everyone around you has been lacking manners lately, Gonzaga University has a new certificate that might…

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A “no trespassing” sign outside of Northwest ICE Processing Center, also known as Northwest Detention Center.
    State workplace inspectors will have access to immigration...
    By Bill Lucia Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • October 7, 2024 1:30 am

    Washington state will be able to inspect workplace conditions at a federal immigration detention center in Tacoma, under a recently…

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The Tacoma Main Library is located at 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. and is expected to re-open in 2025.
    “Public libraries are constantly evolving”
    By Drew Dotson For the Tacoma Daily Index • October 4, 2024 1:30 am

    Renovations continue at the Tacoma Main Library.

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State employees gathered outside the Labor and Industries Building in Tumwater Sept. 10 as part of a statewide walkout to demand fair wages and safe staffing levels.
    State and community college workers in WA reject...
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • October 3, 2024 1:30 am

    Washington Public Employees Association members see a 5% raise over two years as too little. The state’s largest federation of public sector unions ratified their agreements.

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A group of volunteers from Raise the Wage Renton, shown gathering signatures in 2023. Renton residents approved a higher minimum wage for the city in a Feb. 2024 special election.
    Minimum wage is going up in Washington
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • October 2, 2024 1:30 am

    Cities can set minimum wages higher than the state. Seattle, SeaTac, Tukwila, Renton, Bellingham and Burien all will have higher wages in 2025.

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State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Washington budget outlook shows no signs of improvement
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • October 1, 2024 1:30 am

    A new forecast shows tightening revenue as the next session approaches.

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    Fewer Washington residents have delinquent debt than national...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • September 30, 2024 1:30 am

    About 14% of Washington residents carry delinquent debt, lower than the national average of 22%, according to a recent analysis…

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Members of the Washington Public Employees Association are voting on a new two-year contract this week that leaders of the union say they should reject. Aubrei Hansen, WPEA marketing and membership coordinator, is putting out ballots inside the Olympia office on Wednesday Sept. 25, 2024.
    Washington public sector unions split on new two-year...
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • September 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Thousands of state workers are voting this week on a new two-year contract but not everyone agrees it’s the best…

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This strawberry blowpop flavored vape includes a built-in video game online.
    Washington advocates push for state ban on flavored...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • September 26, 2024 1:30 am

    A broad coalition of Washington educators, doctors, researchers and social justice advocates has launched a campaign to ban flavored nicotine…

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    How a tool built in Washington is helping...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • September 25, 2024 1:30 am

    With student absenteeism at record highs, more Washington districts are using a tool developed by researchers at Washington State University…

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    Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, and Democrat Dave Upthegrove, right, are competing in the 2024 Washington state lands commissioner race. (Photos courtesy of campaigns)
    Herrera Beutler and Upthegrove square-off in WA lands...
    By Laurel Demkovich Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • September 24, 2024 1:30 am

    The candidates disagreed on land management and timber strategies as they compete for the job of running the state agency that oversees millions of acres of public land.

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    Former Congressman Dave Reichert, a Republican, left, and Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, right, are seen on stage during the second debate of the 2024 Washington state governor’s race, Sept. 18, 2024, in Spokane, Wash. (Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)
    Reichert strikes different tone in second debate with...
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • September 20, 2024 1:30 am

    The two candidates for Washington governor clashed over abortion, public safety and who will be a better change agent. It’s the last time they are expected to meet before Election Day.

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Let’s Go Washington, a political committee, faces allegations it did not properly disclose information on money raised and spent in its signature-gathering drives for six initiatives in 2023. These boxes contain signed petitions for one of them, Initiative 2109, which would to repeal Washington state’s capital gains tax. It will be on ballots in November 2024.
    Let’s Go Washington accused of violating campaign finance...
    By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard For the Tacoma Daily Index • September 19, 2024 1:30 am

    A 14-month investigation has led to charges against the political committee founded by businessman Brian Heywood for allegedly violating campaign…

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