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    Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown speaks at a press conference alongside Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and other local officials on Monday, Sept. 29 at Seattle City Hall. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
    ‘Stay out of Seattle’: WA leaders tell Trump...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 1, 2025 5:32 am

    Local officials fear Seattle could be the next city to see a deployment

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    New sales tax on services in WA takes...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • September 30, 2025 5:12 am

    A contentious new sales tax on services that Democratic state lawmakers relied on to pay for Washington’s latest budget is…

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    Photo from the seizure and a photo showing carfentanil’s lethality. Courtesy photos
    Law enforcement seizes over 50,000 carfentanil pills bound...
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 29, 2025 5:30 am

    DEA suspects these pills were coming to the Seattle and Tacoma area.

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    WA governor and AG oppose repeal of federal...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • September 26, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington’s governor and attorney general are both criticizing a federal proposal to lift restrictions on construction, logging, and mining on…

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    WA lawmakers faced with $570M decision on lawsuit...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • September 25, 2025 5:12 am

    A Washington agency that manages the state’s lawsuit payouts is seeking a one-time infusion of nearly $570 million to address…

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    Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks at Renton High School on Sept. 19 ahead of signing an executive order launching the Washington Completes FAFSA Campaign. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
    Governor wants to boost WA’s federal student aid...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • September 24, 2025 5:12 am

    Gov. Bob Ferguson has launched a campaign to increase the number of students who complete free applications for federal student…

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    Hilary Franz, who served two terms as Washington lands commissioner, leaving office in January 2025. (Photo courtesy of Hilary Franz)
    Former WA lands commissioner joins forest conservation nonprofit
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • September 23, 2025 5:12 am

    A year after her unsuccessful bid for Congress, former Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz has accepted a job as the…

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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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