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WA gets $538M in delayed COVID-era payments from FEMA

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardMay 14, 2026 The federal government announced Wednesday it’s reimbursing the Washington state health department $263 million for costs responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The money is part of $538 […]

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Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs leading trade mission to Japan to reaffirm business ties, forge new relationships

OLYMPIA — Beginning May 16, Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is leading a trade mission to Japan seeking to strengthen existing business ties between our economies and forge new ones.   The trip to Tokyo will take place between May 16 – May […]

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Wyden Presses Trump Administration Over Failure to Respond to Emerging Threat of Synthetic Opioids 

Wyden warns reorganization of key agency could threaten substance abuse work on nitazenes and more Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today pressed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over its failure to adequately prepare […]

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Guatemalan National Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to Federal Prison for Traveling to Washington to Sexually Abuse a Minor

EUGENE, Ore.—A Guatemalan national unlawfully residing in Culver, Oregon, was sentenced to federal prison yesterday for traveling hours across state lines to sexually abuse a minor victim. Leonias Juber Ramos-Garcia, 26, was sentenced to 30 months in […]