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WA response team formed to prep for Trump’s mass deportation plans
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order Monday to create the Family Separation Rapid Response Team to help families of undocumented immigrants.
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Washington AG challenges Trump’s order on birthright citizenship
Nick Brown joined 21 other states to contest the order, which refuses U.S. citizenship to children of undocumented or temporary residents.
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A look at the Washington Legislature’s 2025 environmental agenda
A plan to create a state watchdog for the oil industry was deferred, but bills on recycling, salmon and data centers could come under consideration.
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Former AG Bob Ferguson sworn in as Washington’s 24th governor
Republican legislators said they were pleasantly surprised by his inaugural speech, delivered in the Capitol Dome chamber Wednesday in Olympia.
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State, feds set new timeline for Hanford nuclear waste cleanup
State and federal officials have officially signed off on an agreement changing the legal cleanup schedule at the Hanford nuclear