politics
Ex-legislator to repay state for travel claims
Former State Rep. Susan Fagan, R-Pullman, has agreed to repay the state $5,618 as a result of her alleged
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State bracing for big military job cuts
Joint Base Lewis-McChord could lose as many as 11,000 military personnel this year, a good one-fourth of the roughly
politics
Clock ticking on partial state shutdown
The two-week clock has begun on whether Washington’s government will partly shut down on July 1. Republican and Democratic
politics
State's criminal history database has holes
The state records used by law enforcement and private employers to track people with criminal records are only two-thirds complete,
Environment
Shell departs as protesting council member detained
Law enforcement officers detained 24 activists — including Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien — early Monday morning as they tried to