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Cuts leave security spread thin on WA state Capitol campus
In sheer size, Washington state’s Capitol campus is the nation’s largest.
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WA woman guilty of trafficking black bear parts
A Skagit County restaurant owner recently pleaded guilty to illegally buying black bear parts from an undercover Washington…
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Plan for new juvenile detention center in Pierce County pitched for next WA budget
Tana Senn, the director of the state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, began a note to the…
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WA state workers OK new contract with retroactive pay hikes
Thousands of state government and community college employees in Washington have overwhelmingly ratified a new one-year contract that…
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WA officials respond to death of Charlie Kirk, political violence
Conservative activist was killed Sept. 10.
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Former state worker sentenced for nearly $900K embezzlement
TACOMA — A former Washington state worker who admitted to embezzling nearly $900,000 in taxpayer funding to finance…
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New tools will help truckers find rest area parking on I-5 in WA
Truck drivers traveling through Washington are getting new technological tools to help find open parking spots in rest…
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Washington plans to destroy 30K expiring abortion pills
Washington state is preparing to destroy much of its abortion pill stockpile as 30,000 doses are set to…
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New WA initiatives seek to undo rewrite of parental rights law, block trans girls in sports
The conservative political group that has been trying to bolster parental rights in Washington schools will try again.
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Western states form vaccine alliance as Florida plans to end vaccine mandates
The Democratic governors of California, Oregon and Washington said Sept. 3 they are forming an alliance to coordinate…
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WA plan to conserve 77,000 acres of older forests draws fire
Washington loggers, school leaders and conservation activists on Wednesday decried the state lands commissioner’s proposal to set aside…
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A new agreement could get Washington state workers the wage hikes they lost
Thousands of state government and community college employees in Washington are considering a new pact that would secure…