Washington governor rescinds wildlife commission appointments
The latest appointments to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission were sent back to the governor's office on Wednesday, ...
Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue
The Seattle Times and ProPublica reported on how the state created a massive tax break for data centers, encouraging the growth of an industry whose energy use conflicts with a goal for utilities to ...
Survey: Washingtonians pessimistic about state’s spending of taxpayer money
A new survey of Washington state voters reveals a majority don't trust lawmakers to spend taxpayer money wisely. A recent ...
WA governor orders team to study data centers’ energy, tax, jobs impact
The executive order to evaluate the environmental and economic impacts of the data center industry follows a Seattle Times ...
Walla Walla Union Bulletin2d
WA governor orders team to study data centers’ environmental and jobs impact
In one of his earliest actions as Washington’s new governor, Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a team ...
Daily Record2d
Students urge legislators to increase funding for public schools
Students, parents, educators and activists with the advocacy group Billion Dollar Bake Sale gathered outside the Legislative Building in Olympia on Jan. 30 to demand more money for public schools.
The Olympian2d
New business-sponsored poll shows WA voters think raising taxes, state spending is a ‘bad idea’
Most Washington voters aren’t too pleased with the idea of boosting state spending. That’s according to a new poll by Fulcrum ...
The Wenatchee World3d
Washington students urge legislators to increase funding for public schools
Students, parents, educators, and activists with the advocacy group Billion Dollar Bake Sale gathered outside the Legislative ...
The Columbian5d
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Commission decried for being ‘anti-hunting’
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission has recently come under scrutiny for an alleged anti-hunter mentality after several decisions, including the axing of the state’s spring bear ...
Grays Harbor Daily News5d
WA child care advocates push for higher pay
Former Gov. Jay Inslee’s budget proposal included $510 million to fund rate increases for providers who take the state’s ...
Spokane Public Radio6d
Traffic safety, bike infrastructure, transit top priority list of incoming cabinet member
Jon Snyder is Spokane's first director of transportation and sustainability, and he joins the Brown Administration in ...
tdn6d
Annual count shows lower number of homeless families in Cowlitz County
Cowlitz County’s 2024 annual Point in Time count recorded slightly more homeless people than in 2023, but more of those ...