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WA sets another record with growing lawsuit costs

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard July 21, 2026 Washington’s runaway payouts for government misconduct climbed to $537 million in the past year, as the ever-growing...

WA ordered to pay $118M in teacher pension skimming case; state appeals

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard July 21, 2026 A Washington judge has ordered the state to pay roughly $120 million to thousands of public school...

New effort underway to understand WA’s budget shortfalls

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard July 20, 2026 A cadre of Washington lawmakers, budget officials and business and labor leaders set out Monday in search...

Audit paints troubling picture of WA’s overcrowded youth prison system

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard July 20, 2026 Nearly half of front-line staff at Washington’s overcrowded juvenile detention facilities leave within a year. Many report...

How the Democratic Party’s divide over Israel has reached Washington state

by Donna Gordon Blankinship, Washington State Standard July 19, 2026 When the House of Representatives voted this week on a proposal to cut $3.3 billion in...

Road Closure on Central Avenue S in Kent After Power Pole Knocked Down

KENT, Wash. — Drivers in Kent should expect delays after a full road closure was put in place on Central Avenue South between Smith...

Divisions emerge as WA looks to retool its wolf shooting rules

by Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard July 9, 2026 A little more than two weeks ago, the director of the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife...

Here’s what WA’s federal delegation want residents in 2276 to know about the state

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard July 8, 2026 An apple carved from Tenino stone. A photo of the Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier. A commemorative...

DOJ threatens WA election officials with prosecution if noncitizens vote

by Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard July 7, 2026 Federal authorities on Tuesday threatened Washington state election officials with criminal prosecution if they...

WA human rights commissioner resigns amid antisemitism claims

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard July 6, 2026 A member of Washington’s Human Rights Commission has resigned after coming under fire for allegations of antisemitism...

Revamp of WA public records rules nears completion

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard July 2, 2026 Washington officials hope to issue new recommendations by summer’s end for how governments release public records, with...

Washington governor, AG and state lawmakers get 7% pay hikes

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard July 1, 2026 Gov. Bob Ferguson received a 7% raise on Wednesday. Combined with a similar-sized pay bump a year ago,...

Nation’s first state-run long-term care insurance program about to launch in WA

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard June 30, 2026 It’s a landmark moment for the endeavor known as WA Cares, envisioned as a means to help...

Sex abuse claims against some WA school districts are raising insurance rates for all

by Charlotte Alden, Cascadia Daily News, Washington State Standard June 22, 2026 This article was first published by Cascadia Daily News. In mid-May, as Washington school districts were...

Kent Police Arrest Man Suspected of Domestic Violence

Kent Celebrates Manufacturing Month with Tri-Tec Manufacturing

Dems eye the Yakima Valley legislative district as one to flip in WA. Turnout is the challenge.

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