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Another court ruling blocks Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s trade agenda faced another major setback Thursday when the U.S. Court of International Trade handed a win to two small businesses and the state of Washington after they challenged the president’s 10% global tariffs, imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous emergency tariff regime. In a 2-1 […]
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Trump administration challenges Colorado large-capacity magazine ban in court
The Trump administration sued Colorado over its law restricting large-capacity magazines for rifles a day after it sued Denver over its assault weapons ban. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday in the Denver-based U.S. district court, says the state’s restrictions on magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds violate the […]
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Unpacking the fight over telehealth access to abortion medication
Advocates and opponents of abortion access say they’re wondering what happens next in a critical telehealth medication case that created chaos and confusion over the past week after an appeals court blocked nationwide access to the drug and, days later, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary stay. Alito’s stay preserves telehealth access […]
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‘Killing our vote’: GOP states rush to break up Black districts after US Supreme Court case
The day after the U.S. Supreme Court crippled the federal Voting Rights Act, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson addressed a virtual gathering for the group’s members and supporters where he ranked the landmark decision alongside the court’s most infamous cases. Dred Scott excluded Black people from American citizenship ahead of the Civil War. Plessy […]
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In wake of Supreme Court ruling, WA Democrats weigh congressional redistricting options
Washington state Democrats are wrestling with whether to join the redistricting battles unfolding across the country. There’s no immediate push to redraw the state’s congressional map. But Democratic leaders are not ruling out the idea if they win supermajorities in the Legislature. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court sharply limited the consideration of race when […]
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Washington looking for solutions to looming water challenges
WOODINVILLE — For four straight years, at least parts of Washington have been in a drought, as snowpack has failed to meet historical norms amid climate change. This year, all of Washington is experiencing drought, after a wet winter scuttled by warmer temperatures, according to state officials. Washington state leaders are looking for ways to […]
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Michael Baumgartner holds town hall in Republic as he tours across the 5th Congressional District
REPUBLIC, Wash. – Rep. Michael Baumgartner held his first town hall on Monday in Republic as he campaigns for re-election. Baumgartner held the meeting at Republic Elementary School on Monday evening as part of a “12 counties in 12 days” tour across the 5th Congressional District. This was his first town hall of three he […]
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Healthcare costs top of mind for voters as midterms approach, survey finds
WASHINGTON — Voters, including those within the Make America Healthy Again movement, say the rising cost of healthcare is a significant concern that will have an impact on whom they support in November’s midterm elections, according to a poll released Wednesday by KFF. Sixty-one percent of respondents to the survey, which asked how important several health-related […]
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Critics question WA’s progress reducing solitary confinement in state prisons
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. For the youth helpline, call or text 888-537-1634 or make a report online at HearMeWa.org. For the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. Anthony Blankenship went into solitary confinement at the Pierce County Jail on suicide […]
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More spill, less hydropower: The electric grid tradeoffs Washington can’t ignore
Northwest electricity customers are again being told not to worry. In litigation over Columbia Basin salmon, federal agencies began spilling more water last month to comply with a federal court order, sending more water over spillways rather than through power-generating turbines. According to court filings, the order will cost Bonneville Power Administration customers over $100 […]
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Big companies position themselves for payday from $50B federal rural health fund
Tory Starr is worried about the people who get medical care at Open Door Community Health Centers along California’s North Coast. “They’re the folks that work at restaurants. They’re the teacher’s aides,” said Starr, a registered nurse who became Open Door’s chief executive more than six years ago. Those patients, he said, are “really the […]
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US Senate GOP wants $1 billion for security for Trump’s ballroom in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans released a roughly $70 billion spending package Monday night that will keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol operating for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term without any of the new constraints Democrats have demanded. The legislation also includes $1 billion “to support enhancements by the United States […]
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When the helpers ‘feel helpless’: First responders get a boost in mental health support
Ty Wooten didn’t realize the weight of answering his first 911 call — until more than a decade later. A woman had dialed 911 to report that her husband had shot himself in front of her and their 7-year-old son, on the family’s living room couch. It was Wooten’s first call as a dispatcher. “I […]
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WA Supreme Court rejects state’s attempt to unblock sheriff eligibility law
A Washington Supreme Court commissioner on Tuesday declined to pause a judge’s ruling that blocked a new law setting stricter qualifications for sheriffs. Deputy Commissioner Walter Burton agreed with sheriffs challenging the law that the status quo from past years should remain while litigation continues, even as candidates for sheriff file to run for election […]
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Ex-Washington lawmaker Eric Robertson dies
Former Washington state lawmaker Eric Robertson, who served two stints in the Legislature decades apart, died April 24. He was 62. Robertson, a former House Republican caucus chair, represented the 31st Legislative District from 1995 to 1998 and again for two terms from 2021 to 2025. Former Rep. Kelly Chambers, a Republican from Puyallup and […]
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Bipartisan US Senate appropriators urge Trump administration to spend vaccine funds
WASHINGTON — The State Department must spend the $600 million Congress approved for an international vaccine program, according to a letter sent Monday by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators. The six senior members of the Appropriations Committee, three Republicans and three Democrats, called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fulfill the government’s “pledge” […]
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Federal agencies haven’t started on Trump order restricting voting by mail, DOJ says
Federal agencies say they have yet to take steps to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, as the Department of Justice fights a Democrat-led lawsuit against it. The Justice Department late Friday filed documents asking a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit and to not block the executive order on a preliminary […]
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WA Supreme Court bats down referendum attempt targeting income tax
Washington’s Supreme Court on Monday denied a conservative political committee’s request to pursue an attempt to repeal the state’s new income tax law with a referendum this fall. The opposition can still move forward with an initiative to overturn the tax on millionaire earners. But that path to challenging the law will require twice as […]
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US Supreme Court issues temporary stay preserving nationwide abortion drug access
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on an appeals court ruling from Friday that was blocking remote access to an abortion drug, restoring access until at least May 11. The administrative stay, issued by Justice Samuel Alito, pauses Friday’s decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. That ruling blocked a 2023 rule […]
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Candidate filing begins, kicking off Washington election season
An unusual and potentially pivotal midterm election season gets formally underway in Washington on Monday when candidates can begin filing for legislative, congressional and judicial offices. Washington’s new income tax on high-earners will be a hot topic among those battling for positions in the state Legislature. It is also likely to saturate conversations around who […]
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