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The days of waiting until the last minute to turn in your election ballot may be numbered.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a case Monday concerning a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/24/26
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development launched a fair-housing investigation into the Washington State Housing Finance Commission Tuesday over its race-based Covenant Homeownership …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/24/26
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A new Washington state law offers a way to make change in an era without pennies .
The federal government stopped making pennies last year but intends to keep the roughly 114 billion pennies in …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/24/26
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A group of Washington sheriffs urging Gov. Bob Ferguson to veto sections of Senate Bill 5974 is still waiting to find out if their concerns will be addressed when the bill is signed into law.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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The Puyallup School District says a controversial student art project that depicted President Donald Trump as a pig, a KKK member and a clown with references to assassination, has been taken …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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U.S. senators debated Wednesday whether the federal government should change how Americans register to vote and cast a ballot, with Republicans maintaining alterations are necessary to safeguard …
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Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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3/23/26
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Snowpack levels across Washington remain far below normal as the state approaches the critical statewide median peak snowpack date, raising concerns about water supply heading into the warmer, drier …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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3/23/26
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At the close of last year’s Washington state legislative session, a key bucket of wildfire prevention funding was slashed nearly in half by lawmakers attempting to offset a budget deficit. If it …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/23/26
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U.S. Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case that could potentially affect hundreds of …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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3/23/26
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Instead of implementing an income tax in Washington, the Washington Center for Housing Studies (WCHS) recommends unleashing Washington’s housing productivity to raise revenue and at the same time …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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More than two weeks after a tort claim was filed against the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) claiming the agency knowingly allowed a major security flaw in its data system and potentially …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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The Reason Foundation’s 29th Annual Highway Report ranked Washington state dead last in three categories, suggesting that taxpayers spend far more than they’re getting in return.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/23/26
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State lawmakers and the governor are rethinking how Washington marks the legacy of Cesar Chavez following stunning accusations of sexual abuse against the transformational leader of the farmworker …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/23/26
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Traffic stops can be anxiety-inducing encounters, especially for people with autism.
To address this, Washington is establishing a program to improve communication between neurodivergent …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/23/26
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Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the …
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Tim Henderson / Washington State Standard
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3/22/26
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The Washington state Republican Party has announced it will hold a protest titled “No King Ferguson” at noon on Saturday, March 28.
It will be held at the State Capitol in Olympia, on the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/20/26
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Through the eyes of state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, Washington state's 2026 legislative session was full of many disappointments, but also some glimmers of hope — especially where local project …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/20/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday previewed an upcoming meeting with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ahead of a planned vote on league expansion that could bring men’s professional basketball …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/20/26
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Washington drivers are paying nearly a dollar more per gallon of gas than they were a month ago.
The Iran war is sending prices surging across the country, but Washington drivers are paying far …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/19/26
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The federal agency that maintains the Columbia River’s shipping channel is proposing to build seven giant in-water pens as part of a $377 million project to manage dredge spoils over the next 20 …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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3/19/26
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