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U.S. forces have launched “major combat operations” on targets in Iran, President Donald Trump said in a video posted to social media at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Saturday.
Israeli Prime …
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Jacob Fischler and Jane Norman / Washington State Standard
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2/28/26
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The president and chairman of HD Fowler has announced he will step down as chairman after testifying in favor of a proposed income tax currently moving through the Washington State Legislature.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/28/26
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More than $1 billion to bring high-speed internet to more than 166,000 homes and businesses will soon flow in Washington.
The federal government approved the state’s plans for spending the …
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By:Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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Washington Democrats’ controversial income tax bill emerged from a state House panel Friday looking much different than when it arrived.
But it hadn’t changed enough to win over Gov. Bob …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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King County and Seattle have recently taken steps to hamper any possible federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in their jurisdictions, specifically to limit enforcement on local …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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2/27/26
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Democratic lawmakers in Washington state are moving closer to repealing a 2025 law that raised the state’s top estate tax rate to 35%, the highest in the nation.
Senate Bill 6347 , introduced …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/27/26
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A call with federal officials and state election officers ahead of the 2026 election was full of bluster and mostly free of facts, according to Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read.
Read, a …
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By Julia Shumway / States Newsroom
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2/27/26
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Zahid Chaudhry, a U.S. Army veteran, was held in the Northwest ICE Processing Center for four months last year.
He was released in December. While inside, he saw multiple fellow detainees …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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One of the first of an expected 656 signs stating that city property in Seattle cannot be used by federal authorities for civil immigration enforcement efforts has been posted at Jefferson Park in …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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2/26/26
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House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-West Seattle, admits he was intoxicated during a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Wednesday evening.
So much so that the committee chair at one …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/26/26
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Washington state House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon acknowledged he was intoxicated during a Wednesday night committee hearing on budget legislation.
The Seattle Democrat admitted to drinking …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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Last fall, Washington and other Western states issued their own vaccine recommendations in a sharp rejection of federal policy that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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The heftiest budget cuts Washington Democratic lawmakers are proposing this year focus on day care subsidies for low-income families.
In the initial House and Senate budget plans, this paring of …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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Several farming groups, including Whatcom County-based Save Family Farming, have sent a letter to Washington state leaders regarding recent data indicating the state ranks last in farmer take-home …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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2/25/26
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Some of the most prominent chambers of commerce and business associations in Washington state are advising caution around proposals to increase state spending by roughly $2 billion.
The state …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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2/25/26
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Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh, who also serves in the state House of Representatives, says majority party Democrats pushing ahead with an income tax bill is “an insult to the …
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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2/25/26
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Pursuit of a tougher drunk driving law in Washington has run out of gas.
Senate Bill 5067 to lower the legal limit for driving drunk stalled in the House Community Safety Committee on …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington state Standard
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2/25/26
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A Washington state bill that would expand the investigative powers of the state Attorney General’s Office cleared the Senate Law & Justice Committee, but only after it was amended to narrow its …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/25/26
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Democrats’ main attempt to reduce skyrocketing lawsuit payouts by the state and local governments isn’t moving forward in the Washington Legislature this year.
Lawmakers were looking to …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/25/26
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Republican state Rep. Michelle Valdez of Gig Harbor said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection to the Washington Legislature, saying personal priorities and her legislative district’s evolving …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/25/26
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