Legislation from Rep. David Stuebe that would reinforce Medicaid support for emergency ambulance providers and protect access to lifesaving services across the state is one step closer to becoming law, after the Washington State Senate unanimously passed […]
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will hold an in-person public meeting in Kennewick on Tuesday, March 17 from 6-8 p.m. to discuss the upcoming salmon and steelhead seasons in the central and […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardMarch 3, 2026 Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson warned Tuesday that the income tax Democratic state lawmakers are pressing to approve in the next nine days might have to wait until […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardMarch 3, 2026 We’re in the home stretch of Washington’s 2026 legislative session. It means a near-constant culling of the legislation that lawmakers are considering. Monday and last Wednesday marked […]
The most recent attempt to pass legislation that would create an independent statewide jail oversight body has faltered after facing opposition from law enforcement groups and city and county officials. Washington is one of 12 […]
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