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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Cuts leave security spread thin on WA state...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • September 22, 2025 5:12 am

    In sheer size, Washington state’s Capitol campus is the nation’s largest.

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    A bear rests in a tree in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. (U.S. Forest Service)
    WA woman guilty of trafficking black bear parts
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • September 19, 2025 5:12 am

    A Skagit County restaurant owner recently pleaded guilty to illegally buying black bear parts from an undercover Washington Department of…

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    A sign and fence at the Green Hill School for juvenile offenders, in Chehalis, Washington. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
    Plan for new juvenile detention center in Pierce...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • September 18, 2025 5:12 am

    Tana Senn, the director of the state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, began a note to the governor’s budget…

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    Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo
    WA state workers OK new contract with retroactive...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • September 17, 2025 5:12 am

    Thousands of state government and community college employees in Washington have overwhelmingly ratified a new one-year contract that would secure…

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    The federal courthouse in Tacoma. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
    Former state worker sentenced for nearly $900K embezzlement
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • September 15, 2025 5:12 am

    TACOMA — A former Washington state worker who admitted to embezzling nearly $900,000 in taxpayer funding to finance his gambling…

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    A member of the National Guard stands alongside a military vehicle parked in front of Union Station, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, 2025. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
    Thinner attendance at WA National Guard training
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • September 12, 2025 5:12 am

    State deals with funding clawback.

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    Trucks park at the Smokey Point Rest Area in 2022 in Arlington, Washington. Sound Publishing file photo
    New tools will help truckers find rest area...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • September 11, 2025 5:12 am

    Truck drivers traveling through Washington are getting new technological tools to help find open parking spots in rest areas and…

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    Washington plans to destroy 30K expiring abortion pills
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • September 10, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington state is preparing to destroy much of its abortion pill stockpile as 30,000 doses are set to expire at…

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    Let’s Go Washington, the political committee founded by Brian Heywood (above), is gathering signatures for two new initiatives focused on parental rights and transgender girls participating in school sports. (Photo by Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard)
    New WA initiatives seek to undo rewrite of...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • September 9, 2025 5:12 am

    The conservative political group that has been trying to bolster parental rights in Washington schools will try again.

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    Public Health – Seattle & King County staff administering COVID-19 vaccine to a local emergency responder. COURTESY PHOTO
    Western states form vaccine alliance as Florida plans...
    By Nada Hassanein Washington State Standard • September 8, 2025 5:01 am

    The Democratic governors of California, Oregon and Washington said Sept. 3 they are forming an alliance to coordinate vaccine recommendations…

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    Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove signs a directive ordering the conservation of about 77,000 acres of older forests on state logging lands, on Aug. 26, 2025, at the High Point Trailhead on Tiger Mountain. Behind him are Washington Conservation Action CEO Alyssa Macy, left, and Thurston County Commissioner Tye Menser, right. (Photo by Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard)
    WA plan to conserve 77,000 acres of older...
    By Emily Fitzgerald Washington State Standard • September 5, 2025 5:01 am

    Washington loggers, school leaders and conservation activists on Wednesday decried the state lands commissioner’s proposal to set aside 77,000 acres…

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    Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo
    A new agreement could get Washington state workers...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • September 4, 2025 5:12 am

    Thousands of state government and community college employees in Washington are considering a new pact that would secure raises they…

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    Washington Attorney General Nick Brown. (Photo by Ryan Berry/Washington State Standard)
    Washington AG joins push to stop spread of...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • September 3, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and dozens of his colleagues across the country are calling on tech companies and payment…

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