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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said that the Seattle Mariners baseball team, the Seattle Sounders MLS soccer team and the National Women's Soccer League's OL Reign will soon be able to welcome a limited number of fans to their stadiums under a 25% seating capacity when they open their seasons. The easing of restrictions will also apply to high school sports, and was one of several aspects of the state's ongoing re-opening plan developed during the COVID-19 pandemic that were announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Moving to Phase 3: Fans in stadiums and more indoor dining

Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan will allow businesses to operate at 50% capacity starting March 22.

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Court overturns automatic life sentences for young killers

Judges must consider the youth of defendants while sentencing them.

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, the Legislative Building is shown partially shrouded in fog at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state's richest residents, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, would pay a wealth tax on certain financial assets worth more than $1 billion under a proposed bill whose sponsor says she is seeking a fair and equitable tax code. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2022, for taxes due in 2023, a 1% tax would be levied not on income, but on "extraordinary" assets ranging from cash, publicly traded options, futures contracts, and stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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House OKs bill expanding tax credit for low-income families

The state tax exemption was created in 2008, but has never been funded.

Tacoma Police and other law enforcement officials stand in a line as protesters approach in the street in front of the City-County Building during a protest against police brutality, late Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in downtown Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. The protest came a day after at least two people were injured when a Tacoma Police officer responding to a report of a street race drove his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him. Several people were knocked to the ground and at least one person was run over. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Lawmakers in Olympia on verge of major policing overhaul

The bills include measures limiting neck restraints and investigating police use of deadly force.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, rioters storm the Capitol, in Washington. Capitol Police say they have intelligence showing a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, nearly two months after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the iconic building to try to stop Congress from certifying now-President Joe Biden's victory. The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4. That was the original presidential inauguration day until 1933, when it was moved to Jan. 20. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Records naming Seattle officers in DC Jan. 6 can be released

But not yet.

Stations where COVID-19 vaccines will be administrated are shown set up at a mass vaccination site, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and other officials announced Wednesday that the site would begin operation Saturday, and said it would be the largest civilian-led vaccination site in the country. Lumen Field is the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team and the Seattle Sounders MLS soccer team. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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COVID vaccination site in Seattle expected to operate daily

With enough supply, the site at the Lumen Field Event Center could inoculate 22,000 people per day.

Plaintiffs Kelsey Juliana, right and Vic Barrett, left, gather with other youth plaintiffs in the Juliana v. United States climate change lawsuit in a federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a panel of judges with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Portland on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. The lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future faces a major hurdle Tuesday as lawyers for the Trump administration argue to stop the case from moving forward. (Robin Loznak/Pool Photo via AP)

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Youth climate activists try to bring back federal lawsuit

The Oregon plaintiffs say the nation’s fossil fuel-based energy system is unconstitutional.

Photo by Bob VonDrachek Shot this morning (3/8/21) from the public parking lot at Hidden Beach in Greenbank. The whales were pretty far off shore at the time in mid channel.

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Homecoming: Gray whales return to Whidbey waters

The gentle giants include a well-known gray that has been coming back each year for 30 years.

First lady Jill Biden (left) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on Tuesday. (Emily Gilbert / Whidbey News-Times) 20210309

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First lady visits Whidbey to meet with military families

Jill Biden was on a West Coast listening tour of bases to learn of their challenges and obstacles.

** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OCT. 8-9 ** Billy Frank pauses to remember distant times as he walks along the Nisqually River near Olympia, Wash. Thursday, April 14, 2005 where he was born and lived as a child. The Nisqually Indian elder and activist contributed leadership and multiple arrests to the battle fought by Northwest Indian tribes for their treaty-negotiated salmon-fishing rights. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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State House approves bill for Billy Frank Jr. statue

The Nisqually tribal member, who died in 2014, was a champion of treaty rights and the environment.

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Whidbey group sues state over Navy plan for training in parks

The complaint also alleges that Parks and Rec violated state law governing the use of public lands.

Business

Seattle’s Brown Paper Tickets to pay $9 million in restitution

During the pandemic, so many events were canceled that the company lost control of its cash flow.

Northwest

Washington House approves measure to limit evictions

Landlords would need a specific reason to kick out tenants. The bill will now go to the Senate.

First lady Jill Biden waves after she arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on Monday. On Tuesday, she’ll go to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Jill Biden tours 2 Washington bases, including NAS Whidbey

It was part of a tour of military bases nationwide to listen to families about the challenges they…

Orca calf L125 is seen with its mother, L86. (Center for Whale Research)

Northwest

Southern resident orca born last year confirmed to be female

Researchers call it a promising sign as the sustainability of the population depends on viable females.

Washington State voters' pamphlet for the 2020 general election. (Washington State Secretary of State)

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What candidates say, wear in voter pamphlets may change

Lawmakers seek uniformity in how counties and state treat candidate statements and ballot arguments

Northwest

Dozens may have been under-vaccinated in Port Townsend error

People who received doses March 4 can be tested to see if they have the proper antibodies.

FILE - In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher. Dan Jewett wrote in a letter to the website of the nonprofit organization the Giving Pledge, on Saturday, March 6, 2021, that he was grateful to be able to marry such a generous person and was ready to help her give away her wealth to help others. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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MacKenzie Scott marries Seattle teacher after Bezos divorce

The groom taught chemistry at the private Lakeside School, where Scott’s children attended.

The Legislative Building is shown Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Details of a new two-year state operating budget were released Friday, the same day Washington lawmakers must vote on the plan in order to prevent a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Senate approves new tax on high capital gains

The measure would impose a 7% tax on the sale of stocks, bonds and other assets in excess…

Northwest

55,000 in Washington may have to repay unemployment benefits

Some failed to respond to requests for information and became ineligible for money they received.