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An investigation and a lawsuit fueled sharper comments at a meeting last week. There were renewed calls for commissioners to resign and the agency director to be fired.
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Scott Warman, Unsplash [/caption] News by Ariana Figueroa, States Newsroom, Washington DC As the federal government shutdown extends to day 17, and with congressional leaders nowhere near negotiating, state officials are beginning to raise concerns of potential cuts
Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Jako Janse van Rensburg, Unsplash [/caption] News by Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season. Washington state saw more individual fires than
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo courtesy of Scott Graham. Unslpash [/caption] News by by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard A contentious new sales tax on services that Democratic state lawmakers relied on to pay for Washington’s latest budget is set to take effect
Housing
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo Courtesy of Unsplash [/caption] News by Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard Homelessness is still on the rise in Washington, but data collected by the state Department of Commerce shows that the growth rate across much of the state slowed
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] A fuel truck is seen overturned in Indian Creek in the Elwha River watershed after it crashed on Friday, July 18, 2025, near Port Angeles. (Photo courtesy of Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue) [/caption] News by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard Washington
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2832"] Photo by Wonderlane on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard A year from now, Washington will launch the nation’s first full-scale effort to help the state’s workforce afford long-term care and services as they age.
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3600"] Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jake Goldstein-Street, the Washington State Standard A new COVID-19 variant fueling a global rise in cases has been detected in Washington, but health officials aren’t too concerned. The federal Centers
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Redd Francisco, UnSplash [/caption] News Commentary by Donna Gordon Blankinship, Washington State Standard No one is certain yet how federal decisions under the Trump administration will affect both budgets and policies of Washington’s public schools. But educators,
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard A small pile of significant tax bills is getting delivered to Gov. Bob Ferguson. Collectively, they form the financial linchpin to the state’s next budget
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="5315"] Photo by Holly Landkammer on Unsplash [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard Democratic state lawmakers dropped their bid Monday to repeal a voter-approved limit on property tax growth in Washington, excising one of the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="8256"] Photo by FilterGrade on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jake Goldstein-Street, republished from the Washington State Standard A new cap on rent hikes in Washington got one step closer to becoming law Wednesday. On a party-line vote, the Senate Housing Committee