Washington in Focus
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Washington In Focus Daily | 2.18.26 | NBA May Snub Seattle & Possible New Taxes...
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Washington In Focus Daily | 2.18.26 | What Is Really Happening With the New Tax...
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Washington In Focus Daily | 2.17.26 | Tax Hikes Become Law & Heated Debate Over...
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Weekend Edition | Lawsuit filed over denial of press credentials to journalists...
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Washington In Focus Daily | 2.12.26 | Trump's DOE Targets Washington & Dems work...
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Washington In Focus Daily | 2.12.26 | Abortion pill distribution drama & massive...
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High taxes threaten high earners, lessening charges against predators & new medi...
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Proposed tax hike, child welfare concerns, and new media restrictions in Washing...
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Weekend Edition | Washington bill proposals impacting income tax, local camping...
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Income tax hearing & medical debt interest rates | Washington in Focus Daily | 2...
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Education tax credits & insurance fraud possibly upgraded to felony | Washington...
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WA Senate passes bill banning law enforcement from wearing masks amid ICE activi...
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Hearing set on bills inspired by whistleblower to stop NGO self-dealing
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Weekend Edition | 'Initiative Killer' bill faces intense backlash during heated...
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WA fund raids undermining efforts to boost housing supply, advocates warn
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'Initiative Killer' bill faces intense backlash during heated WA hearing
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Weekend Edition | Seattle leaders condemn ICE & Gov. Ferguson champions 'million...
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WA DCYF child care reimbursement rates could increase by 30% from 2021 levels
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Gov. Ferguson champions 'millionaire's tax' during State of the State address
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Seattle leaders condemn ICE; conservatives warn rhetoric could spark unrest
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Ecology confirms Commerce ‘significantly inflated’ CCA emissions reductions
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Weekend Edition | 'Flabbergasted’ WA daycare owner frustrated over alleged Somal...
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WA SAO audits found inadequate DCYF oversight over child care subsidy program
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'Flabbergasted’ WA daycare owner frustrated over alleged Somali fraud in industr...
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Seattle police: Arrests for drug use remain in place under clarified LEAD policy
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DHS raid over childcare center fraud draws spotlight on WA program
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Four Western WA counties granted $6.6M in federal funds for road safety programs
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Weekend Edition | Seattle Children’s nurses vote to authorize strike as contract...
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Seattle Children’s nurses vote to authorize strike as contract talks continue
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Organizer to Seattle: No need to wait for final fed policy on homelessness
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Weekend Edition | Seattle Mayor-elect Wilson’s staff working to align with ethic...
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Oversight board meets as 2025 closes with record WA child deaths/near deaths
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Seattle Mayor-elect Wilson’s staff working to align with ethics laws
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Weekend Edition | As federal probe widens, Gov. Walz tells Seattle crowd he'll w...
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‘Political conflict’ alleged over WA AGO’s involvement in initiative legal battl...
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As federal probe widens, Gov. Walz tells Seattle crowd he'll welcome more Somali...
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Tacoma to consider public safety sales tax to avoid 911 cuts, address budget gap
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Weekend Edition | Democratic socialist lawmaker introduces statewide payroll tax
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Half of 2025 CCA spending went toward WSF fleet electrification
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Democratic socialist lawmaker introduces statewide payroll tax
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Seattle pushes Olympia for funding on housing, public safety and immigrant aid
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Weekend Edition | Trump admin moving ahead with dismantling the U.S. Dept. of Ed...
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Trump admin moving ahead with dismantling the U.S. Dept. of Education
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Weekend Edition | WSBA investigated then-AG Bob Ferguson in 2023 related to laws...
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Washington State Bar Association investigated then-AG Bob Ferguson in 2023
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Auburn hikes sales tax without public vote to fund criminal justice
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Seattle, King County move to backfill $40M gap in homeless funds after HUD rule...
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Weekend Edition | Records reveal further details of WSBA investigation into AG B...
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Records reveal further details of WSBA investigation into AG Brown
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Whistleblower: Tacoma Urban League being investigated; CEO placed on leave
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