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Washington candidates spin contrasting economic narratives
Is runaway spending driving inflation? Or did a strong state response rescue the economy from COVID collapse?
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WA schools ask for more time to spend $2.6B in COVID relief
Programs to address students’ social-emotional needs rely on continued access to the funds, superintendents say.
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How federal ‘revenue’ relief obscures local government spending
Washington cities and counties claimed more than $750 million of federal relief as ‘revenue replacement’ – and they don’t have to say where it’s going.
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Bisected by highways, a Spokane neighborhood shapes what's left
The final stretch of North Spokane Corridor construction reopens old wounds in East Central — and sparks a pilot program to address historical damage.
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Administrative delays cost Yakima County $1.1M in federal rent relief
Yakima was the only Washington county to have rent assistance funds forcibly reallocated under the federal 'use it or lose it' approach.