OLYMPIA… The agenda for today’s meeting of the Senate Ways and Means Committee has Senate Republican budget leaders suggesting only one party in Olympia is committed to making Washington more affordable. If the seven tax or fee bills […]
by Aspen Ford, Washington State StandardFebruary 19, 2026 Legislation to eliminate a Washington state tax break for large mortgage lenders and use the revenue to partially backfill wildfire prevention programs is making progress in Olympia. […]
by Bill Lucia, Washington State StandardFebruary 18, 2026 The end of the day Tuesday did not go as planned for Democrats in the Washington state Senate. They’d lined up bills for final floor votes ahead […]
by Erick Bengel, Washington State StandardFebruary 19, 2026 A bill that would have made it easier for Washington’s farmworkers to form a union will not become law this year. Tuesday, Feb. 17, was the cutoff […]
SPOKANE – More than two dozen Eastern Washington lakes open March 1 for fishing, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today. In addition to stocked rainbow trout, many of these lakes offer excellent […]
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