by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJuly 28, 2026 It’s been 15 years since Washington voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative setting new standards for training and certifying home care aides. But while the changes included […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardJuly 27, 2026 Legal wrangling on the income tax initiative could reach the state’s high court before Washington voters consider it this November. Sponsors of Initiative 645 on Monday formally […]
by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleJuly 28, 2026 Just days before the Oregon Legislature in March passed a one-year pause on a popular tax incentive program for data centers, a group called Oregon Connects registered […]
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, calling his crimes “deliberate, […]
TOKYO (AP) — A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan ’s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people injured or missing after part of a shopping center and a huge chimney at a paper […]
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