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Nearly two dozen rural Oregon hospitals in 17 counties will receive more than $37 million to strengthen and stabilize their maternity care services in the next few years following recent federal cuts …
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/3/26
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The spotlight is on Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, who must submit an initial review in just 13 days that will be a key determining factor on the future of the King County Regional Homeless …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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6/3/26
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Homeland Security panel Tuesday and defended his threats to cripple international air travel into some …
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Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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6/3/26
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A week after the disaster at Longview’s Nippon Dynawave site, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) finally has full access to the property to begin the agency’s …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/3/26
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Despite passing some of the nation’s first laws barring federal law enforcement agents from concealing their identities, Oregon and Washington have yet to receive the same response from the Trump …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / States Newsroom
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6/3/26
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The state of Washington on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a challenge against the state’s political maps, then remand it to a lower court to determine if the way the lines were …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/3/26
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek ordered state transportation officials Monday to cease issuing undercover license plates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, citing “repeated violations of …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/2/26
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Last week, petitioners hoping to ban fishing and hunting in Oregon reached a milestone in their attempt to change state law.
Initiative Petition 28 , led by Portland-based animal rights …
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By Mia Maldonado / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/2/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
The case, Curtis v. Inslee, sought to challenge former …
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Andrew Rice | The Center Square
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6/2/26
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Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central …
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By Tim Henderson / Stateline
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6/2/26
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There were fewer homeless people in the United States on a single night in January 2025 than in January 2024, but homelessness increased in 28 states, according to the latest federal count.
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By Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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6/2/26
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For years, Washington state enjoyed a level of economic prosperity that former governor and Challenge Seattle CEO Christine Gregoire says stakeholders can no longer take for granted.
“Our luck …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson is rejecting a lead Republican’s proposal to temporarily suspend Washington’s cap-and-trade program to decrease prices at the pump.
In the last three months, retail …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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6/1/26
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One of the sharpest critics of design plans for the Interstate Bridge Replacement project connecting Oregon and Washington says the project should be equated to the California high-speed rail …
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Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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Critics may not care for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s plan to deal with the drug-addicted homeless population, but a taxpayers organization and an economist say it isn't a bad …
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By Chris Woodward / The Center Square contributor
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6/1/26
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A new ranking of how state agencies, utilities, school districts and other public agencies respond to public records requests show which ones are most responsive, and which ones have work to do.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
The case, Curtis v. Inslee, sought to challenge former …
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By Andrew Rice / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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Washington’s rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies that helped consumers …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/1/26
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No state agency was responsible for inspecting the 900,000-gallon chemical storage tank that burst at a mill in southwest Washington this week, leaving 11 people presumed dead.
Unlike …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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5/30/26
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The Trump administration sued four Democratic-led states Wednesday over the states’ refusal to grant undercover license plates to federal agents, marking the latest escalation between state …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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5/29/26
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