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Fewer Washington residents have delinquent debt than national average

About 14% of Washington residents carry delinquent debt, lower than the national average of 22%, according to a recent analysis by the Urban Institute. Among...

WA lands commissioner debate: Herrera Beutler and Upthegrove square off

Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler and Democrat Dave Upthegrove faced off Sept. 18 in Spokane in a debate that highlighted the candidates’ different views on land...

Ferguson and Reichert clash on crime, abortion and Trump in first debate

Washington gubernatorial candidates Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert clashed over public safety, abortion rights, and Donald Trump throughout an acrimonious hour-long debate Tuesday, Sept. 10....

Ferguson and Reichert move toward Nov. showdown in governor’s race

Democrat Bob Ferguson and Republican Dave Reichert will battle to be Washington’s next governor in November after storming to the front of the 28-person field...

Attack websites seep into WA election battles

Bob Ferguson, Semi Bird, Jim Henderson and Brian Heywood have something in common this election season in Washington. Their political opponents have built websites to...

Washington’s population exceeds 8 million

Washington state’s population eclipsed 8 million with the addition of an estimated 84,550 people this past year, according to the Office of Financial Management. The...

Hundreds of new laws will take effect in state June 6

By Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard New limits on carrying guns openly in public, loosened restrictions on police pursuing suspects, a shorter time period for...

New state law gives green light to more traffic cameras

By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard Drivers in Washington state may soon face better odds of getting caught on camera if they run a...

Legislature OKs initiatives on police pursuits, income tax, parental rights

By Laurel Demkovich, Grace Deng, Jerry Cornfield and Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard Three citizen initiatives designed to lift restrictions on police vehicle pursuits,...

Tahoma School District ignored repeated warnings of ‘grooming-like behavior’

By Kelsey Turner, InvestigateWest More than four years before paraeducator Bryan Neyers was charged with sexually abusing young boys, his school’s dean of students emailed...

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