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Washington state’s attorney general is asking the courts to reject an order from the federal government to keep the last coal-burning generator at TransAlta Centralia operating.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/4/26
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A prohibition on law enforcement covering their faces, motivated by masked federal immigration agents, is one step closer to becoming Washington law.
The state House passed the legislation …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/4/26
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Nine days remain in the 2026 legislative session in Olympia, and the proposed income tax has yet to reach the House floor and reports circulating late Tuesday suggest it may not reach the floor this …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/3/26
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The Washington state House of Representatives has passed a Senate bill that would prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings in public and on duty. The bill also creates a civil …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/3/26
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The Washington state House Appropriations Committee has advanced a bill concerning a federal drug pricing program known as the 340B Program that one committee member described as a “a cash …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/3/26
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A patchwork of “immigration enforcement free zones” will soon land in Spokane under ordinances passed Monday by local officials that also ban detention facilities on private property.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/3/26
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In what is widely viewed as a major victory for parents’ rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to pause a lower court injunction, allowing a ruling to stand that blocks California …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/3/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson warned Tuesday that the income tax Democratic state lawmakers are pressing to approve in the next nine days might have to wait until next year.
The governor and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/26
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A $100 million grant program funded by Washington taxpayers in 2025 to boost law enforcement hiring and training has yet to be accessed by cities and counties across the state.
Some local …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/3/26
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Big technology companies scored a win in Olympia on Monday, as a sweeping bill to regulate data centers lapsed in the Washington state Legislature.
House Bill 2515 would have required data …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/26
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We’re in the home stretch of Washington’s 2026 legislative session.
It means a near-constant culling of the legislation that lawmakers are considering. Monday and last Wednesday marked …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/26
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A dozen Washington tech sector leaders have released a letter warning that a proposed income tax on people making $1 million or more a year could undermine their industry's development and …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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Republicans in the Washington State House of Representatives pushed back with all they had on Saturday, offering amendments and objections to majority Democrats' supplemental operating budget .
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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Saturday, Feb. 28, marked the 25th anniversary of the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually Earthquake that shook Western Washington’s Puget Sound region. The milestone is a reminder that the best time to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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A driver of a car that rolled over on Interstate 5 early Sunday morning pulled a gun on a passerby who stopped to help, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The incident happened around 4 …
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By Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times
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3/2/26
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Legislation to update how Washington state handles childcare licensing and to provide fraud protections and accountability within the Department of Children, Youth & Families is apparently dead …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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A Washington state bill that would dissolve a pension plan created in the 1960s and closed to new members in 1977 took a barrage of criticism during a Feb. 26 public hearing in the Senate Ways & …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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No-cost insurance coverage for vaccines in Washington state will soon hinge on a recommendation from the Department of Health rather than federal guidance under a bill passed by the Legislature on …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/2/26
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Funding that helps Washington communities plant and sustain trees is on the chopping block in the state Legislature.
House budget legislation would cut funding for the Department of Natural …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/2/26
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Legislation allowing luxury electric vehicle makers Rivian and Lucid to join rival Tesla in selling directly to Washington customers is on a fast track for action in Olympia.
And if it crosses …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/2/26
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