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Late last month, the Trump administration announced that it had cut 760,000 people from the Affordable Care Act rolls, claiming fraud and improper enrollments and touting billions in potential …
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Julie Appleby / KFF Health News
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10/18/26
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A smiling Judy Caron sat on a metal bench on the grounds of the Washington state Capitol, her face partially shielded from Saturday’s bright morning sun by a homemade sign, “No Cons, No Clowns, …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/18/26
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The editor of the Bainbridge Island Review is refusing to run an opinion piece in support of I-638 , conceding that running the op-ed could cost him subscribers.
The refusal comes despite the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/16/26
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The fall election is a test of the new 9.9% state income tax on households that bring in more than $1 million a year. Initiative 645 aims to overturn the tax before it takes effect.
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By Mike McClanahan / The Washington State Standard
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10/16/26
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Washington’s rising utility rates have exposed a central policy divide: Should the state make it easier for utilities to meet its clean energy mandates, or relax those mandates to contain costs and …
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By Paul W. Taylor, TVW
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10/16/26
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Seattle is still recovering from the loss of hundreds of police officers years after the COVID-19 pandemic, with 1,102 deployable officers projected in 2028 compared to 1,281 in 2019.
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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10/16/26
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King County’s embattled regional homeless authority is facing a nearly $17 million shortfall due to budgeting for unearned administrative fees on grants that were never administered, a new report …
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Andrew Paxton / The Center Square
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10/16/26
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Three children and a teacher are dead in Bend after a 16-year-old with a long gun shot them at Silver Rail Elementary School, police said Thursday. The suspected shooter, who has not been identified, …
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Emily Cureton Cook, OPB, Joni Auden Land, OPB, Courtney Sherwood, OPB, Troy Brynelson, OPB and Jen Baires, OPB
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10/16/26
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A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling blocking the Trump administration from moving the U.S. Forest Service’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City while the rest of the …
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Katie McKellar / Utah News Dispatch
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10/16/26
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The fall election is a test of the new 9.9% state income tax on households that bring in more than $1 million a year. Initiative 645 aims to overturn the tax before it takes effect.
Championed …
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Mike McClanahan / Washington State Standard
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10/16/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, who did not offer raises to thousands of state workers in recent contract talks, will not get one himself for the next two years, under a recommendation adopted by a …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/16/26
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Beneath a wide-brimmed, black cowboy hat, Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer warned in a Facebook video earlier this year that state lawmakers planned to strip voters of the freedom to elect their …
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Jacob Jones / InvestigateWest
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10/15/26
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The Seattle City Council appeared reluctant on Wednesday to sign off on Mayor Katie Wilson’s proposal to “bail out” the transportation department with a $63.5 million interfund loan.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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10/15/26
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Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador on Wednesday joined seven other states in announcing separate lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging the company’s chatbot ChatGPT harm.
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Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/15/26
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A pair of local nonprofit organizations that promote voting rights say Idaho’s voting laws make it more difficult to hold voter registration drives and make it harder for some eligible voters to …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/15/26
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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown will not ask state lawmakers again to pass a sweeping bill to limit social media for youths, saying a recent court settlement with a social media giant is …
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Grace Kaste / Washington State Standard
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10/15/26
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Concerns around public safety are growing among Seattle voters who feel that the city is losing momentum following the World Cup, a Seattle Metro Chamber report found Tuesday.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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10/14/26
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Oregon’s governor has effectively issued a moratorium on new data centers and data center expansions in the state by ordering environmental regulators to pause approving new state and federal air …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/14/26
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A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a …
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Ashley Murray and Jane Norman / States Newsroom
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10/14/26
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The wait is over in Washington.
Washington’s 5.1 million registered voters are starting to cast ballots for the Nov. 3 general election, which could see Democrats strengthen their grip on …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/14/26
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