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WA governor candidate Semi Bird set for school board recall vote
The military veteran and Republican from Richland said he'll continue his gubernatorial campaign regardless of the result.
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Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project are part of my family history
A Seattle photojournalist discovers that his electrician great-grandfather was connected to the ‘X group’ and the genesis of the nuclear bomb in Los Alamos, N.M.
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Washington governor’s race sparks stricter campaign-finance rule
AG Bob Ferguson's $1.3M transfer, an attorney turned ‘finance gadfly’ and a Public Disclosure Commission vote that could shake up the election.
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Washington health experts agree COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere
Fall vaccines, long COVID, staying safe during summer travel — here’s how to assess risk in the months to come.
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It might be an odd election year, but we’ve still got you covered
As primary ballots land across Washington, the Crosscut politics desk is reporting on local races in Seattle, Yakima, Bellingham, Spokane and Tacoma.