Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s illegal attempt to do an end run around Congress with a “pocket rescission.” While […]
Lawmakers emphasize need for Republicans to join Democrats and support new guardrails in law to protect the integrity of NIH’s grantmaking process following long line of politically motivated attacks on NIH ICYMI: Senator Murray on […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardSeptember 25, 2026 The latest forecast of state tax collections released Friday did nothing to brighten Washington’s budget outlook. But it does predict the state’s new income tax will gross […]
by Aspen Ford, Washington State StandardSeptember 25, 2026 Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove is dialing back his goal to protect 77,000 acres of older state forests from timber harvest even as he asks lawmakers […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardSeptember 24, 2026 More than two years of construction and $131 million later, a historic building on the Washington state Capitol campus is reopening. A cadre of top state officials […]
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