Washington in Focus
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Spokane County Proposes Regional Task Force to Revive Jail Funding Measure
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WA State Labor Board Investigating Everett Employee’s Union Dues Complaint
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Redmond Light Rail Extension Opens Amid Years of Delays, Budget Changes
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Weekend Edition | Sound Transit Economic Reality & Spokane's Homelessness Plan
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Economic Reality May Force Sound Transit to Revise Its Financial Plan
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WA Family at Center of Fight Over Trans Athletes Heartened by Federal OSPI Probe
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Spokane Unveils Homelessness Plan as Conservatives Say They Were Left in the Dar...
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Weekend Edition | Seattle Spends Millions on Illegal Immigrants as Trump Admin S...
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WA Legislature Passes Rainier School Closure Bill That Includes New Transition P...
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Sound Transit Taxes Have Generated More Than $20 Billion in Almost 30 Years
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Seattle Spends Millions on Illegal Immigrants as Trump Admin Seeks to Deny Funds
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Weekend Edition | Tax Bills in Olympia & Seattle’s Debate Over Taxing the Rich
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Spokane City Council Shelves Ordinance to Reinstate Prop 1 – For Now
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WA House Finance Committee Gives Do-Pass Recommendation to Three Tax Bills
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Seattle’s Slumping Revenue Reignites Debate Over Taxing the Rich
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Weekend Edition | WA Senate Passes Bill That Partly Revises Parents’ Bill of Rig...
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WA Senate Passes Bill Regulating Presence of Out-Of-State National Guard
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Seattle Mayor Orders Belt-Tightening in Wake of Projected $241M Revenue Shortfal...
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WA Legislature Passes Bill Eliminating Medical Debt From Consumer Credit Reports
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Weekend Edition | WA Senate Votes to Set a 10% Limit on Annual Rent Increases
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Critics Warn WA Bill Could Raise Gas Prices by 40 Cents by 2031
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‘We Intend to Fight Back’: Jayapal, Inslee Rally 25K in Seattle Against Trump, M...
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Washington State: Passions Run Deep on Both Sides of Rent Cap Bill at Senate Pub...
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Weekend Edition | Access Denied: Journalist Barred From Dems’ Weekly Media Avail...
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Complaint Alleges WA AGO ‘Actively Deceived’ Court About Contract With Perkins C...
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Washington State: Access Denied: Journalist Barred From Dems’ Weekly Media Avail...
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Number of Seattle Police Lateral Candidates Surges in 2024 and Into 2025
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Weekend Edition | WA Gas Tax Hike Looks Increasingly Likely as Part of Transport...
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Bill Would Put Gas Tax, Vehicle Fee Increases on Automatic Pilot in Washington
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Natural Gas Initiative Backers Plan to Take Their Case to WA Supreme Court
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From Rights to Resumes: Spokane Punts ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ for ‘Ban the Add...
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Weekend Edition | Spokane County Braces for $20M Deficit in 2026, Potential Hiri...
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Let’s Go Washington Files Second Initiative to Uphold Parental Rights
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Budget Cuts Force King Co. Sheriff’s Office to Reduce Staffing at Two Precincts
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Spokane County Braces for $20M Deficit in 2026, Potential Hiring Freeze, Cutting...
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Weekend Edition | Washington House Dems Pass Bill Requiring Permits for Gun Purc...
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City Council Member in Washington Withdraws From Position Amid OnlyFans Controve...
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How Washington Drivers May Be Funding Transit at the Gas Pump
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WA House Advances Bill Allowing Judges to Drop Charges for Low-Level Offenders
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Washington House Dems Pass Bill Requiring Permits for Gun Purchases
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Weekend Edition | Title IX Complaint Filed Against Gov. Ferguson
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Washington Parents Network Files Title IX Complaint Against Reykdal, Ferguson
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Spokane Prepares for Overhaul After Months of Community Debate Over Homelessness
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Almost 90% of CCA-Funded Projects in Washington Don’t Reduce Carbon Emissions
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Burien Sues Organizer of Voter-Approved Minimum Wage Measure Set to Start in Apr...
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Weekend Edition | GOP: Dems Overstating WA’s Projected Budget Shortfall as Cover...
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WA Bill Could End Tax Cap for Major Tech Companies Amid State Budget Shortfall
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GOP: Dems Overstating WA’s Projected Budget Shortfall as Cover for Higher Taxes
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Washington Committee Passes Revised Bill Adding Transparency to Pretrial Release
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King County Metro Resumes Bus Services at Crime-Riddled Corridor in Seattle
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