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Crime, taxes and artificial intelligence on tap as WA lawmakers prep for session
Upcoming hearings offer a preview of issues legislators will encounter when they convene in January.
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Only you (almost) can put Smokey Bear on Washington license plates
A proposal calls for putting the iconic bear on a specialty plate, but it will require public support…
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Starbucks workers in Everett, Marysville join national strike
Hundreds of Starbucks union workers at 15 locations across Washington joined the one-day strike.
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State hauls in nearly $900M from first year of capital gains tax
Sen. June Robinson, D-Everett, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, anticipates many conversations on how to…
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Climbers purchase 20 acres of famed climbing walls in Index
Climbing groups bought the parcel Monday, including Lower Lump and Inner Walls, calling it “the final big piece…
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Most WA transportation services back online following cyberattack
The department was still investigating the cyberattack and could not say Friday what caused it.
Northwest
Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz drops out of governor’s race
In an announcement Friday, Franz said she decided instead to run to replace retiring Rep. Derek Kilmer who…
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Cyberattack crashes WA transportation websites
Traffic cams and ferry tracking are among the services that the incident took down.
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Traffic deaths are down in Finland. Edmonds senator is going to find out how
Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, will be part of the contingent making the trip in December.
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‘We’re burying them every week’: Tribes call on Inslee to declare opioid emergency
American Indian and Alaska Native residents have the highest death rates from opioid overdoses of any racial or…
Northwest
As Boeing Machinists contract talks near, union savors new labor power
If Boeing balks at union demands, it could face a damaging strike that would seriously set back its…
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3 passengers sue Alaska Airlines after off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut engines mid-flight
In the complaint filed Thursday, passengers alleged that the pilot should never have been allowed in the cockpit.
Northwest
Wife of ex-Alaska Airlines pilot says she’s in shock after averted Everett flight disaster
“This is not my Joe,” Sarah Stretch told reporters after attending her husband Joseph Emerson’s first appearance in…
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Washington clears backlog of over 10,000 sexual assault testing kits
Clearing the backlog has already helped solve at least 21 sexual assault cases, according to Attorney General Bob…
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Washington’s legal fees top $4.2M in failed lawsuit against Value Village
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s legal case against the thrift store chain turned out to be no bargain.
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Tokitae the orca died from old age and multiple chronic illnesses, necropsy finds
The exam supported early reports from the Miami Seaquarium, which cited kidney failure as the cause of death.
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Ex-soldier charged with trying to leak secrets to China
The former U.S. Army intelligence officer was arrested Friday at the airport in San Francisco. He’d been charged…
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Why the world’s climate fate could depend on the ‘Amazon of the North’
A new book argues for a novel way of viewing the rainforest that stretches up North America’s western…
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Could giving cash to the homeless reduce the problem?
A recent study out of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver found that unconditional cash transfers can…
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Failure of single component caused seaplane crash near Whidbey Island, NTSB says
Evidence showed the failure happened before the crash, not as a result of it, investigators concluded.