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Washington and Oregon may regulate the wild West of crypto mining
Environmental policies would affect bitcoin operations in the Northwest, which have seen a swell of interest driven by cheap hydropower.
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Homeless services could face cuts in WA's 2023 legislative session
Advocates have outlined steps to ease the housing crisis — but it all depends on how legislators divvy the budget.
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Washington's new capital gains tax goes before state Supreme Court
The case is part of a century-old struggle to make the state's tax system more progressive.
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WA parents push back against proposal to lower required school age
A bill that aims to improve early learning would lower Washington's compulsory education starting age from 8 to 6.
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‘Ask for Jane:’ Who were the pre-Roe underground abortionists?
Half a century ago, Northwest activist Judith Arcana was one of more than 100 women known as ‘Jane’ who aided and abetted illegal abortions.