- Data centers emerge as dividing line in Washington County commissioner race
- Progressives unveil legislation cracking down on Flock cameras
- Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown
- Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping.
- US House leaves for campaign break without action on AI, affordability
- Major bill to set standards for college athletes’ pay passes US Senate
- Republicans tee up bill on data centers for one of the final votes before the midterms
- Trump administration faces second lawsuit to block ICE agents at polls
- Judge says case challenging Trump’s anti-weaponization fund ‘still alive and kicking’
- Trump admin aims to shift homelessness grants toward addiction treatment, enforcement
- CNN, MS Now, Politico sue Trump over White House ban
- Diesel prices shoot upward as top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for export embargo
- Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species
- Democrats, experts call for revocation of school voucher program under adoption by states
- US Senate Republicans spotlight trans athletes issue as midterms approach
- Federal judge orders White House must restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets
- FDA nominee faces skepticism on vaccines from Republican senators at confirmation hearing
- Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more
- Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near
- Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find
- Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts
- As race for control tightens, Senate calls it quits until after midterms
- Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program
- Tribes hit hard by wildfires face health effects, cultural losses
- Wolves in SE Washington pack to be killed ‘incrementally’ by state officials after livestock attacks
- WA’s nation-high minimum wage rising to nearly $18 an hour in 2027
- Charlie Kirk’s family says lapses in event security at Utah campus left him ‘helpless’
- US House Democratic Women's Caucus press health secretary on estrogen patch shortages
- Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington show key strategies for effective wildfire funding
- States fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities
- Northwest rail fans eager for Sept. 30 debut of Amtrak’s Airo fleet
- Oregon has one of the nation’s largest funding gaps to meet road maintenance needs
- State legislators make the case for a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus in Idaho
- Trump administration’s WA voter roll lawsuit dismissed
- Pacific Power to charge new Oregon data centers for all costs associated with growing energy need
- In nuclear campus talks, Idaho Gov. Brad Little says protecting Snake aquifer is ‘nonnegotiable’
- WA wildfire home damage totals at least $188M, Ferguson says
- Some Idaho officials say proposed nuclear waste shipments could threaten Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer
- WA governor ‘disappointed’ Canada is fast-tracking new oil pipeline to B.C.
- Census data shows US poverty rate drops to lowest on record, but experts are cautious
- Thousands of immigrants in Maryland to lose Medicaid coverage under H.R. 1
- US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
- How the US House could overturn the midterm election results
- Frustrations, remorse and pain surface on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
- Congress returns to session before midterms sprint, but no action expected on AI fears
- Fewer students, too many schools: Communities confront closures and consolidations
- Trump plan to limit mail voting hinders Democrats more than GOP, analysis finds
- States, cities sue Trump administration over new green card restrictions
- Voters to decide fate of state taxes this fall
- Will a new federal education tax credit be available in Washington?
- Trump gives feds 90 days to consider removing endangered species protections for wolves
- PacifiCorp’s sale of Washington assets may not be in Utah’s public interest, experts say
- Korean officials confirm no deal exists to invest in Alaska natural gas pipeline
- DOJ pleads with Supreme Court to save ban on transgender treatments in federal prisons
- Reykdal seeks $2B infusion for WA public schools in next budget
- Amid uncertainty about mail-in ballots, WA leaders say they’re ready for what comes next
- Wartime oil prices continue to benefit Alaska’s state treasury, new figures show
- Two WA public sector unions reach tentative deals on new contracts
- Ex-labor secretary from Oregon drank on job, oversaw 'humiliating' workplace, report finds
- WA’s longest-serving state House member at risk of ouster
- Trump nominates Pete Serrano for US attorney in western WA
- WA lawmakers face another $1B decision on lawsuit payouts
- Prime-time debates set for WA income tax repeal measure, high-stakes US House race
- WA high court tosses natural gas measure approved by voters
- WA governor takes stand against parental rights initiative
- Washington state House candidate pleads not guilty to DUI charge
- DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow policy ending medical care for transgender inmates
- Washington, 11 other states reach settlement with Paramount, Warner Bros. over merger
- Uptake slow for mid-size electric truck vouchers in WA’s new incentive program
- Washington nears final step in joining California-Quebec carbon market
- WA voters of color more likely to have ballots challenged, per report
- WA toxicology labs see progress on backlog, but evidence delays continue
- ‘Better than before’: WA reopens historic Capitol campus building
- Oregon narrows LGBTQ+ foster youth protections after losing federal appeals case
- Public lands commissioner calls on Legislature to approve, fund conservation of state forests
- With tax receipts flat, budget hurdles remain for WA leaders
- Washington is fighting to limit its duty to protect vulnerable adults
- Brown eyes utility costs, tort liability as 2027 legislative priorities
- Legislative staff in WA state Senate reject new contract
- Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M
- Ferguson launches council to boost WA’s commercial space industry
- WA state lawmaker to resign 3 days before the election
- WA company has to pay $410K for withheld hospital charity care
- PSE new rate hike proposal draws ire at public hearing
- Oregon Republicans revisit cap-and-invest proposal 7 years after they walked out over it
- Poll shows Gluesenkamp Perez and Braun neck-and-neck in race for Southwest WA swing district
- Judge permanently blocks WA sheriff standards law
- WA has few paths to early prison release. Advocates fear Gov. Ferguson has closed off a critical one
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