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Washington state Reps. Hunter Abell, R-Inchelium, and Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, say legislation passed this week following a historic 24-hour floor debate to create a Washington state income tax …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/13/26
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The Washington Legislature concluded its 2026 session Thursday evening after passing a batch of budgets and navigating late-breaking drama over the elimination of a data center tax break that …
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By Jerry Cornfield, Jake Goldstein-Street and Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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3/13/26
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In March 2025, the Capitol Correspondents Association officially stopped its decades-long role of advising the Washington State Legislature on media credentialing. However, the CCA, a group of …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/12/26
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The 2026 legislative session in Olympia is wrapping up Thursday, and one of the final pieces of legislation to cross the finish line was the Senate Bill 6346 .
Three Democrats joined all …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/12/26
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In the final hours of the legislative session, state lawmakers passed budgets on Thursday to fill a multi-billion-dollar hole with new taxes, reserves, one-time transfers and some cuts.
Budget …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/12/26
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Democratic state senators in Washington pushed a state income tax across the legislative finish line Wednesday after Republicans’ last-ditch attempt to derail it failed.
On a 27-21 vote, …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/12/26
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The day after majority party Democrats in the Washington state House of Representatives passed, after a 24-hour debate, a tax on annual personal income exceeding $1 million, business organizations …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/11/26
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Injected under the skin, usually between the thumb and index finger, microchip implants can serve as identification or make contactless payments smoother.
But Washington workers don’t …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Democrats in the Washington Legislature released a budget deal Wednesday balanced with one-time maneuvers, siphoning of rainy day reserves and slashing of child care funding.
“There will be a …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/11/26
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Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, led the Washington state Legislature in honoring the Chinook Indian Nation in the final days of the state's 2026 legislative session this week.
On …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers this week confirmed razor clam digging opportunities at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks beaches from March 17 …
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3/11/26
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Beginning July 8, the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will no longer provide hunting and fishing licenses or other license products on waterproof, tear-resistant license paper …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/11/26
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It took over 24 hours of grinding floor debate, but Democrats in the Washington House approved an income tax Tuesday on households earning over $1 million a year.
The state is now closer to …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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3/10/26
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An incumbent Washington Republican state lawmaker is facing an intraparty challenge from an associate pastor of a Wenatchee church who’s raised close to $300,000.
Adam James, who helped …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/10/26
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The Washington State Legislature passed a bill that expands the scope of the statewide Office of Independent Investigation, which recently began its initial work on police deadly use of force …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/10/26
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A federal judge in Tacoma on Tuesday ruled that Washington state lawmakers were within their rights to decline press passes to media figures Brandi Kruse, Jonathan Choe and Ari Hoffman.
Earlier …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/10/26
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The first two grants from Washington’s new $100 million effort to boost law enforcement hiring have been awarded to local police departments, after months of frustration over the program’s …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/10/26
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Washington state lawmakers pulled an all-nighter on the House floor in debating a controversial income tax bill Monday evening into Tuesday morning.
Legislators returned shortly after 7 a.m. …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/10/26
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The Clark County Youth Commission is seeking nominations for the 2026 Youth Achievement Awards. Nominations are due by 5 p.m. Friday, March 13.
The Youth Commission annually recognizes up to 300 …
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The Reflector
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3/9/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday appointed Seattle litigator Theo Angelis to the state Supreme Court to replace outgoing Justice Barbara Madsen.
Angelis, 53, comes to the high court …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/9/26
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