OLYMPIA… The state’s failure to deal with water contamination at the Special Commitment Center for sex offenders on McNeil Island has led to a $7.325 million judgment in a class-action lawsuit brought by hundreds of residents […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardJanuary 16, 2025 Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal warned Thursday that Washington is not living up to its constitutional obligation to cover the cost of basic education and faces […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardJanuary 16, 2025 A measure to lower the legal limit for drunk driving in Washington cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday. If passed, Washington would join Utah as the only […]
by Bill Lucia, Washington State StandardJanuary 16, 2025 On his first day in office, Dave Upthegrove, the state’s new public lands commissioner, said he would pause logging sales in some older state-managed forests for about […]
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Steven Smith, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on Wednesday, KREM-TV […]
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