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Police: 3 officers injured, 18 arrests in Seattle riot

A protest against the Seattle Police Officers Guild erupted into violence on Sunday night.

Paramedics and first responders attend to one of two injured workers at a worksite in 2024. Interpreters for the state Department of Labor and Industries serve those injured while working for an employer that is self-insured and does not participate in Washington’s workers’ compensation system. (Duck Paterson photo)

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Washington interpreters demand state address more than $280K in missed payments

The state Department of Labor and Industries doesn’t pay these interpreters directly, but they say the agency could…

A ‘no trespassing’ sign on a fence outside the Northwest ICE Processing Center. (Photo by Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)

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Tacoma detention center must pay for violating minimum wage law, appeals court affirms

The facility’s for-profit operator has argued it shouldn’t have to pay Washington minimum wage to immigrant detainees. An…

In all of 2024, the total number of Washingtonians with concealed carry licenses increased by fewer than 6,000, compared to about 14,000 already this year, state data show. (Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Monitor)

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Concealed carry licenses in Washington jump after approval of gun permit law

The number of Washingtonians licensed to carry concealed pistols is climbing rapidly in the face of a new…

Washington state Capitol on July 25, 2025. (Photo by Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard)

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The message Democratic voters delivered in Washington’s primary

Results in high-profile legislative races signal distaste for President Trump and no souring on their party’s policies in…

Judge John Coughenour. (Photo provided by U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington)

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‘It’s just so disgusting’: Judges in WA detail threats after Trump-related rulings

After Judge John Coughenour ruled against the Trump administration, local authorities received a false report that he’d killed…

Crews put in stripes on a stretch of express lanes on Interstate 405 in 2015. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Transportation.)

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New work zone speed cameras cite 7K drivers in 90 days

Thousands of Washington motorists have been caught speeding through highway work zones by new cameras the state deployed…

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Congressional candidate Joe Kent debates the issues with U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez at KATU studios in Portland on Monday night, Oct. 7, 2024.

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US Senate confirms Joe Kent to lead a national intelligence agency

Kent lost two consecutive runs to represent southwest Washington in the U.S. House. Sen. Patty Murray slammed him…

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Washington’s food banks are on the brink

Some have already pulled back on what they’re offering, as federal cuts and heightened demand drive deep worries…

A sheriff’s deputy lets a vehicle pass police tape as law enforcement works in 2022 in Everett. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Violent crime drops in Washington as drug offenses skyrocket, latest statistics show

A new Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs report also shows the state still trails the rest…

Incumbent House members and their opponents have been raising money ahead of the 2026 midterms. (stock photo)

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As 2026 midterms loom, Washington’s congressional lawmakers rake in cash

Washington’s most vulnerable Democrat in the U.S. House had a strong fundraising quarter in anticipation of a tough…

A section of the Oak Creek drainage area that was not treated with tree thinning or prescribed burns before the Rimrock Retreat Fire in 2024. Due to the forest density and a high amount of ground cover, the fire burned intensely in this area, killing all trees and destroying the soil. (Photo by Emily Fitzgerald)

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Drop in state funding for WA’s work to prevent severe wildfires is stoking concerns

The state’s top public lands official is urging lawmakers to restore the spending to previous levels after they…

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SNAP benefits are accepted at the Bainbridge Island Safeway.

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WA sues contractor to prevent sharing of food stamp data with feds

States fear the Trump administration could use the information to target immigrants. The company said after the lawsuit…

The Washington state Capitol. (Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard)

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These new Washington laws take effect July 27

Housing, policing and diaper changes are among the areas that the legislation covers.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, center, speaks to reporters alongside Solicitor General Noah Purcell, left, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Legal Director Matt Adams, right, outside a Seattle courthouse where federal appeals court judges heard arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)

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Appeals court maintains WA’s nationwide block of birthright citizenship order

A federal appeals court on Wednesday agreed with a Seattle judge’s decision to universally block President Donald Trump’s…

The U.S. Capitol pictured on March 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)

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‘Literally no way’: Idea of redrawing WA’s congressional map gets bipartisan brush off

U.S. House Democrats want to counter a move by Texas lawmakers to elect more Republicans. Washington state lawmakers…

A barred owl at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. (Ray Bosch/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Plans to shoot thousands of barred owls in doubt after feds cancel grants

The U.S. Forest Service plan is part of a strategy to save endangered spotted owls in Washington, Oregon…

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Angelina Godoy, director of the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, speaks to reporters alongside advocates outside Boeing Field in Seattle on Tuesday.

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Deportation flights at WA airport up dramatically this year, advocates say

Activists also say King County officials aren’t being transparent enough about the flights in and out of Boeing…

Smoke shrouds the hilltops as the Bolt Creek Fire burns through thick forest in 2022 on U.S. Highway 2 near Index. Members of the public can now view video feeds from artificial-intelligence-assisted cameras placed in 21 high-risk wildfire locations around Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Online feeds from WA’s wildfire detection cameras are now available

Members of the public can now view video feeds from artificial-intelligence-assisted cameras placed in 21 high-risk wildfire locations…

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)

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Refugees from travel ban countries must be allowed to enter US, Seattle judge rules

It’s the latest twist in the legal battle over President Trump’s attempt to block refugee resettlement.