WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, released this statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement of new […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJuly 21, 2026 Washington’s runaway payouts for government misconduct climbed to $537 million in the past year, as the ever-growing sum continues to strain the state’s finances. That tally from […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJuly 21, 2026 A Washington judge has ordered the state to pay roughly $120 million to thousands of public school teachers for withholding interest on pension contributions they made more […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardJuly 20, 2026 A cadre of Washington lawmakers, budget officials and business and labor leaders set out Monday in search of a “shared understanding” of why budget shortfalls are plaguing […]
by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleJuly 21, 2026 The Oregon Department of State Lands is proposing for the first time to charge multinational telecommunications and tech companies for using the seafloor off the state’s Pacific […]
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