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    Fight over counting mail-in ballots after Election Day...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 12, 2025 5:12 am

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a Republican-backed challenge to counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

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    WA’s budget crunch affects lawmakers’ wish lists
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 10, 2025 5:12 am

    With the state strapped for cash, Democrats’ chief budget writer in the Washington Senate has told colleagues there’s no money…

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    WA makes pitch to feds for $1B in...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 7, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington is making its bid for a billion dollars in new federal funding for rural health care.

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Expected slide in WA unemployment trust fund balance...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 5, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington businesses would need to shoulder roughly $700 million in additional taxes in a few years unless the projected finances…

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    Voters to decide if WA Cares tax dollars...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 4, 2025 5:12 am

    The first item on every Washington voter’s ballot is a proposal to add a few lines to the state constitution…

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    WA Democrats look at imposing income tax on...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 3, 2025 5:12 am

    Democratic state senators are eyeing an income tax on millionaires as they seek to overcome Washington’s persisting budget shortfall.

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    Family caregivers feeling squeezed in Washington, report finds
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 31, 2025 5:12 am

    Roughly half of the more than 1.3 million family caregivers in Washington have been set back financially due to their…

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    The Auburn Food Bank at 2806 Auburn Way N. provides nourishment for people in need. File photo
    WA directs state dollars to food banks as...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 30, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington state will give food banks $2.2 million per week as they deal with the potential end of food stamp…

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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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