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Fourteen health insurers have been approved to sell health plans in Washington’s 2026 individual health insurance market, a news release from the Washington State Insurance Commissioner stated.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/13/25
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Oregon Health Authority this week notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a novel Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health services to …
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By Danielle Dawson, InvestigateWest
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10/13/25
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Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove defended his decision to pause some timber sales and said he will seek 2026 legislation to diversify revenue from state trust lands, arguing the …
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/13/25
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Washington’s innovative paid family and medical leave program could be hundreds of millions of dollars in the red within a few years, unless the Legislature acts.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/13/25
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Washington’s new sales tax on services faces a second lawsuit that could undercut the state’s moves to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
A Sequim-based security …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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A Washington man suspected of breaking into and vandalizing the state Capitol is undergoing a mental health evaluation, an attorney confirmed Friday.
Authorities initially arrested Gunnar …
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By Emily Fitzgerald and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Washington has abandoned its effort to force Catholic priests and other religious leaders to divulge information on child abuse and neglect they learn of in confession.
With a pair of legal …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) supported a multistate emphasis patrol in honor of fallen Trooper Christopher Gadd beginning on Friday, Sept. 26, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/10/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has announced her third annual Bigleaf Maple Big Leaf Showcase to encourage residents of Washington’s Third Congressional District to seek out the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/10/25
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Washington mothers and their babies will have access to food benefits through the end of the month, even though the federal government remains shut down, the state’s Department of Health said …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Employment data for Washington state won’t be published until after the federal government reopens, the state Employment Security Department confirmed this week.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/10/25
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Deirdre Phelps, wife of Kalama head football coach Mike Phelps, handed out shirts with slogans supporting Charlie Kirk to some members of the football team Wednesday.
The shirts feature a …
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Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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10/9/25
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Washington state’s public pension system is among the best funded in the nation, but concerns remain that long-term planning decisions could end up costing taxpayers in more ways than one.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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The Washington State Office of Financial Management has released cost estimates for the two recently approved Washington Public Employee Association contracts for fiscal year 2026: one for General …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Two teenage boys in Florida are being called heroes for their response to a five-second TikTok video last month that may well have averted disaster all the way across the country.
The video, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson celebrated the state’s award of a $715 million contract for three hybrid electric ferries in July as a milestone in his drive to improve the nation’s largest …
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By Tom Banse and Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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Firearm-related deaths are up dramatically among middle- and high school-aged youth, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.
The researchers found …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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In early January 2022, police officers in Sequim, a small northwest Washington town on the Olympic Peninsula, responded to a wrecked pickup truck partially submerged in water. A bystander reported …
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By Aspen Ford / InvestigateWest
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10/9/25
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About 200 members of the Oregon National Guard will remain under federal control but cannot yet be deployed to Portland, according to a ruling Wednesday by three judges in a federal appeals court.
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/8/25
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The man charged with murdering another man and dumping his body on a remote logging road in Ariel in 2024 declined a plea deal Tuesday from prosecutors and may face trial.
Joseph Klimas, 46, of …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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10/8/25
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