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A new report from charter school advocates in Washington indicates charter graduates are making more money and owning more homes than their counterparts who graduated from traditional public schools.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/19/26
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A bill to institute a state income tax ( SB 6346 ) has been on Gov. Bob Ferguson's desk for five days, and he's expected to sign it but opponents are gearing up for legal challenges once he …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/19/26
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A deadly fungal disease that has put at least one bat species on the federal Endangered Species List has been detected in Oregon for the first time.
State Fish and Wildlife officials on …
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By Alex Baumhardt / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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3/19/26
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Thousands of cases have piled up in Washington as they await state testing to confirm if a driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Prosecutors say this is leaving people on the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/19/26
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SEATTLE — Law enforcement officers in Washington state can no longer cover their faces to conceal their identities.
The law, signed Thursday by Gov. Bob Ferguson, seeks to unmask federal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/19/26
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After wrapping up its second full year, the Washington state Department of Agriculture’s (WSDA) Washington Bee Atlas (WABA) has collected and identified records of nearly 30 new or rare bee species …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/18/26
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The Washington state Department of Health (DOH) has extended the availability of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunizations for infants through April 30 as disease activity remains elevated …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/18/26
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The John Braun for Congress campaign says it has cracked $1 million in fundraising since launching last September.
The campaign announced Thursday, March 12, that it had hit the $1 million …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/18/26
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This fall, students in Washington who attend private universities and receive state financial aid will see their tuition awards reduced by nearly a third.
Though a bill to prevent this …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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3/18/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday that construction on the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project across the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington will begin in 2028.
The megaproject …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/18/26
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Businessman Marc Barros says he has left Washington and is taking his Seattle-based company with him because taxes have become too burdensome.
Barros posted on X that it's not even about …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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3/18/26
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WASHINGTON — Electricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least a 10% jump, according to a congressional report …
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By Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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3/17/26
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Rivian and Lucid could soon be able to sell cars from a showroom in the same way Tesla has done for more than a decade.
Late-arriving legislation that sped through the process would open the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/17/26
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In her two years as the Anacortes Town Crier, Julie Nester has proclaimed and oyez, oyez, oyez’d at the community’s Christmas tree lighting, the Fourth of July parade and sister cities golf …
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By Tom Banse / The Washington State Standard
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3/17/26
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The price tag to construct a new interstate bridge linking Washington and Oregon has doubled to $14.4 billion , officials from the two states said Tuesday.
That means elements of the massive …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/17/26
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Two-time Republican Washington Third Congressional District candidate Joe Kent on Tuesday announced his resignation as Trump-appointed director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, citing …
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Cade Barker / CT Publishing
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3/17/26
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is accelerating her plan to find interim housing for the homeless with a new goal of getting 500 residents off the streets before the June 15 start of The FIFA World Cup at …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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3/16/26
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In the final hours of the 2026 legislative session, majority Democrats pushed through controversial legislation that creates a Washington state transmission authority within the Commerce Department …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/16/26
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Facing a near supermajority, the chair of the Washington State Republican Party has his eyes on five districts heading into the 2026 election cycle in an attempt to regain some control over Olympia.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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3/16/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson signed two bills sponsored by 19th Legislative District state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, over the weekend.
One could help promote the construction of small kit homes and the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/16/26
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