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Ana Rosa Bello broke down in tears as she recalled the repeated abuse she has endured as a housekeeper in Seattle.
Bello described wage theft, discrimination, threats to her and her …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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3/31/25
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A divided Washington state Senate on Saturday approved a hike in the state’s gas tax and a two-year budget that hinges on billions of dollars from new taxes on the state’s wealthiest …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/29/25
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The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing ways to prevent Spirit Lake from overflowing by updating or replacing an aging tunnel built to drain the lake after the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption .
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3/29/25
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A Washington state lawmaker is backing a bill to tweak a program he helped establish that offers wallet-sized cards with information about a protection order.
The Hope Card Program , enacted in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/29/25
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As the debate heats up in Olympia over competing budget proposals, one of the cost-cutting ideas offered by majority party Democrats in the state Legislature is getting some Republican pushback.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/28/25
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As several states go to war with President Donald Trump, filing lawsuits against his directives — some prohibiting transgender athletes from competing against girls — one rural school …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/28/25
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State Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, and Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, hosted an hour-long virtual community town hall Tuesday, March 25, over Zoom.
20th Legislative …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/28/25
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Washington is one of four states that reported year-over-year increases in opioid-related death rates, according to an analysis of federal data by Addiction-Rep, a Sarasota, Fla.-based business …
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Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/28/25
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An eastern Washington school board is pleading for urgent federal intervention to force the state to comply with the Trump administration’s policy on transgender athletes.
In a complaint filed …
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3/28/25
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Authorities report a Monticello Middle School teacher under investigation died after shooting himself at his Longview home Thursday afternoon when police came to interview him about the allegations.
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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3/28/25
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With the Washington state legislative session scheduled to adjourn one month from Thursday, lawmakers are getting down to the nitty-gritty work on massive budget proposals that will impact taxpayers. …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/28/25
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For his debut testimony before the Washington state Legislature, Attorney General Nick Brown picked a bill to require a new state permit to purchase guns.
He said the measure, one of the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/28/25
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A tense debate over the rights of public school students and their parents took another twist in the Washington Legislature on Thursday.
Democrats on a Senate committee stripped a House bill of …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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3/28/25
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The Washington State Senate in a voice call vote approved a resolution on Wednesday that restricts the ability of the news media to enter the legislative wings unless specifically requested by a …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/27/25
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The years-long process to restore regional intercity rail service and build up train ridership in western Washington and Oregon was dealt a major setback this week when Amtrak suddenly withdrew …
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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3/27/25
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Republicans in the Senate Law & Justice Committee raised constitutional concerns Thursday about a permit-to-purchase firearms bill before majority Democrats on the committee pushed the measure …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/27/25
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After more than a decade of holding steady, Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to advance a 38% “inflationary adjustment” that would raise the price of hunting and fishing licenses in …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/27/25
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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 passed House Bill 1217 , which would set a 7% limit …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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3/27/25
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Washington state is losing about $160 million in public health funding as part of the Trump administration’s latest purge of federal grants.
The money is part of $12 billion in cuts …
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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3/27/25
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Contributions started rolling in within days of Mark Mullet launching his campaign for Issaquah mayor last December. By the end of the month, his haul was nearly $5,000.
But Mullet may have to …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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3/27/25
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