***WATCH: Senator Murray’s opening remarks*** Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks as the committee meets to consider the draft fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, […]
Bipartisan legislation would boost federal benefits to help recruit and retain tribal law enforcement officers; This week – local, federal, and tribal law enforcement indict 12 individuals in major drug trafficking operation on Yakama Nation […]
Trump’s Office of Management and Budget had been withholding $20 million already allocated to WA state to prepare for and respond to wildfires WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJuly 24, 2025 Washington’s attorney general on Thursday sued to stop its food stamp payment processor from sharing program participants’ data with the federal government, which could use the information […]
by Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital ChronicleJuly 24, 2025 Leaders of Oregon’s Department of Transportation issued their most dire warning to date Thursday about cuts to services, including road maintenance and snow plowing, if legislators don’t […]
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