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    WA prepares for end of 988 crisis line...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • July 22, 2025 5:12 am

    Specialty services for LGBTQ+ youth were removed from the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline on Thursday, July 17, following…

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    Photo courtesy of the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board 
English ivy can weaken and in some cases kill trees.
    English ivy added to list of illegal plants...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • July 21, 2025 5:12 am

    It will soon be illegal in Washington to buy or sell English ivy, the fast-growing, climbing vine that can weaken…

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    Dash Point State Park on June 16, 2022. File photo
    Owner of toe found at Dash Point State...
    By Joshua Solorzano • July 18, 2025 5:50 am

    The owner wishes to remain anonymous.

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    Prescribed burns are an essential tool for forest...
    By Linnea Augustine For the Tacoma Daily Index • July 17, 2025 5:45 am

    The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has supported organizations like Cascadia PBA and landowners to educate and empower communities to restore forest health beyond property lines.

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    Opponents of President Donald Trump’s executive order indefinitely halting refugee resettlement in the U.S. rally on the steps of the federal courthouse in Seattle on Feb. 25, 2025, after a judge issued a ruling blocking the president’s order. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
    Seattle judge: Refugees from travel ban countries must...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • July 16, 2025 5:12 am

    The Trump administration must allow refugees to enter the United States from countries covered by the president’s travel ban, a…

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    Initiative would make WA residents prove citizenship when...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • July 15, 2025 5:12 am

    A Republican-led effort to make Washington residents prove they are U.S. citizens before receiving a ballot is hitting the streets.

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    Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard 
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks to reporters about federal cuts to Medicaid funding outside a Planned Parenthood clinic alongside advocates, state lawmakers and statewide elected officials on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Seattle.
    WA governor commits to backfilling Planned Parenthood funding
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • July 14, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson vowed Wednesday to use state dollars to plug a hole Republicans left by barring Medicaid funding…

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    Close-up of senior woman hand on wheel of wheelchair during walk in hospital. File photo
    Proposal calls for investing WA Cares funds in...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • July 11, 2025 5:12 am

    The state constitution generally bars investing public money in the stock of private companies.

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    High costs may force ferry electrification program off...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • July 10, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington aspires for its largest-in-the-nation fleet of passenger ferries to operate reliably and emission-free by 2050.

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    Nolte State Park is located about 6 miles northeast of Enumclaw. Photo courtesy Washington State Parks
    WA State Parks says budget cuts won’t undermine...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • July 9, 2025 5:12 am

    Though Washington State Parks, like other parts of state government, did not make it through this year’s legislative session with…

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    WA’s members of Congress react to passage of...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • July 8, 2025 5:12 am

    Bold, beautiful, bloated, ugly. How the legislation is described depends who you ask. But Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”…

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    Feds look at new way to get food...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • July 7, 2025 5:12 am

    The Trump administration is taking a new approach in its attempt to snatch personal data of food stamp recipients from…

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Colville National Forest in northeast Washington.
    Forest health survey: 545,000 acres of stressed or...
    By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard • July 3, 2025 5:12 am

    More than half a million acres of trees spread across Washington were sick, struggling, or dead last year, according to…

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