by Donna Gordon Blankinship, Washington State Standard September 11, 2026 While the state’s lawyers fight in court to repel the Trump administration’s repeated attacks against vote-by-mail, Washington’s election officials are drawing up contingency plans for the November election. Their main message to Washington’s 5
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by Alex Baumhardt, Washington State Standard September 4, 2026 The number of people staffing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has dropped by 3,600 during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to federal data obtained by the nonprofit conservation group Center for Biological Diversity. Oregon, California, Alaska
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Thousands of public employees took part in the lunch hour action, which comes as their union negotiates new labor contracts ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline.
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by Ashley Murray, Washington State Standard August 24, 2026 WASHINGTON — With just over two months until the November midterms, the U.S. Supreme Court gave way Monday for President Donald Trump to have a hand in regulating mail-in ballots nationwide, a voting method he has falsely claimed is rife
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Negotiations between the two sides will affect pay for about 80,000 workers and come as the state is grappling with budget trouble.
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by Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard July 30, 2026 Washington’s Department of Agriculture did not complete hundreds of mandated inspections at egg production and packing plants for the past two years, posing health risks to consumers, according to a new state audit. The agency says it lacks the staff
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An 18-person panel set off Monday in search of how to write sustainable spending plans
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The state has brought in more than $1.3 billion to address the opioid crisis from drug manufacturers and distributors in other cases.
Supporters say it is needed to help protect trans youth in crisis. A group of parents sued, arguing it is designed to keep them in the dark about their children’s gender identity.
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard June 22, 2026 U.S. Postal Service officials were set to meet publicly with Washington state lawmakers Monday as the agency considers a sweeping rule change to add federal oversight to mail-in voting. But the Postal Service representatives canceled just hours before
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by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard June 15, 2026 Faced with a budget shortfall this year, Washington Democratic lawmakers relied on spending cuts and other maneuvers to make ends meet. For one, they trimmed tens of millions of dollars in state funding for assisted living facilities that care for
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The lawsuit argues that the state failed to study possible environmental harms of cutting the forests, which include trees that are 140 years old.