OLYMPIA… The budget leader for Senate Republicans says the $7.5 billion spending increase in the tax-heavy operating budget proposal unveiled by outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee today shows exactly why state lawmakers are facing a multibillion-dollar deficit. Sen. Chris […]
OLYMPIA – On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Washington’s 12 electors met to cast their votes for president and vice president, joining electors across the country in this constitutionally mandated step of the presidential election process. The meeting […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Vancouver, Washington man was sentenced to federal prison today for intentionally defrauding customers during a multiyear debt consolidation scheme. Javier Antonio Banuelas Urueta, 55, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and three years’ […]
by Laurel Demkovich, Washington State StandardDecember 16, 2024 Washington is on track to have more eviction filings this year than any other year on record. Nine counties, including King and Spokane, hit new high marks, […]
by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardDecember 16, 2024 Washington state officials are confronting a 5-ton problem: Where to move a more than 9,000-pound Marcus Whitman statue in the state Capitol. Whitman, a doctor and […]
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