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Idaho Senate rejects bill on ‘harmful’ library material. Is bill ‘worse than this’ next?

February 22, 2024, 2:57pm Northwest

Senate lawmakers on Thursday killed a bill to allow Idaho residents to challenge library books they deemed “harmful” to minors, halting for the time being another effort to regulate public book collections and allow penalties against libraries. Read story

The Washington state Capitol building is pictured, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

How Washington lawmakers are looking to improve K-12 special education

The Washington state Capitol building is pictured, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

February 22, 2024, 2:54pm Latest News

Washington House lawmakers this week advanced three proposals meant to increase special education funding and make it easier for parents of children with disabilities to hold schools accountable for failing to provide adequate services. Read story

Man accused of stabbing another passenger on a Seattle to Las Vegas flight charged with assault

February 22, 2024, 2:50pm Northwest

A man who witnesses say stabbed another passenger on an airline flight and told authorities he intended to kill the victim has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Read story

Bill that would make financial education a high school graduation requirement in Washington passes out of committee

February 22, 2024, 1:55pm Latest News

Washington public school students may soon be required to take a financial education class prior to graduating high school. Read story

In this May 24, 2021, photo provided by Brittany Philbin taken from Me Kwa Mooks in Seattle shows an orca swimming in Puget Sound.

To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system in Seattle

In this May 24, 2021, photo provided by Brittany Philbin taken from Me Kwa Mooks in Seattle shows an orca swimming in Puget Sound.

February 22, 2024, 1:39pm Latest News

Photographer Matt McDonald had lived on Puget Sound for years, but had never seen a whale, so he was elated when he spotted a giant marine mammal just off Seattle’s waterfront one evening. Read story

FILE - An attendee at Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s &ldquo;Bans Off Our Bodies&rdquo; rally for abortion rights holds a sign outside of the Idaho Statehouse in downtown Boise, Idaho, May 14, 2022. More than 50 Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a newly released report Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (Sarah A.

Dozens of Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing there since abortions were banned, study says

FILE - An attendee at Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s &ldquo;Bans Off Our Bodies&rdquo; rally for abortion rights holds a sign outside of the Idaho Statehouse in downtown Boise, Idaho, May 14, 2022. More than 50 Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a newly released report Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (Sarah A.

February 22, 2024, 1:38pm Health

More than 50 Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a newly released report. Read story

Spokane Councilman, former Matt Shea aide running for McMorris Rodgers’ Congress seat

February 22, 2024, 1:37pm Northwest

Voters have two more choices to consider for a seat in Congress being vacated by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Read story

FILE - Election workers process ballots at the Clark County Election Department, on Nov. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. A nonprofit that became a point of controversy for distributing hundreds of millions of dollars in election grants during the 2020 presidential campaign is releasing a fresh round of money to local election offices, including in states where Republican lawmakers tried to ban the practice.

Washington lawmakers advance bill making it a felony to threaten election workers

FILE - Election workers process ballots at the Clark County Election Department, on Nov. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. A nonprofit that became a point of controversy for distributing hundreds of millions of dollars in election grants during the 2020 presidential campaign is releasing a fresh round of money to local election offices, including in states where Republican lawmakers tried to ban the practice.

February 22, 2024, 1:36pm Election

The Washington state Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to make harassing election workers a felony, three months after four county election offices received envelopes containing suspicious powder — including three testing positive for fentanyl — and had to be evacuated. Read story

In this undated image provided by Haylee Wendling, family members of Colin Conner pose for a photo as they hold an image of Colin. Conner, who struggled with opioid addiction for years, lost his life to a fentanyl overdose in June 2023, just days after being released from a Salt Lake City jail. Conner&#039;s father said the jail had discontinued his methadone prescription, causing him to go through agonizing withdrawal and prompting cravings to return while he was behind bars.

Amid fentanyl crisis, Oregon lawmakers propose more funding for opioid addiction medication in jails

In this undated image provided by Haylee Wendling, family members of Colin Conner pose for a photo as they hold an image of Colin. Conner, who struggled with opioid addiction for years, lost his life to a fentanyl overdose in June 2023, just days after being released from a Salt Lake City jail. Conner&#039;s father said the jail had discontinued his methadone prescription, causing him to go through agonizing withdrawal and prompting cravings to return while he was behind bars.

February 22, 2024, 10:02am Health

Kendra Sawyer spoke with her dad from the Deschutes County jail and told him she loved him. Six hours later, in the throes of opioid withdrawal, the 22-year-old took her own life. Read story

Debt collection company for several Washington hospitals will pay $1M to settle lawsuit

February 21, 2024, 7:45pm Health

A debt collection company for Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland and other Providence hospitals will pay $1 million to the state of Washington after it was accused of failing to inform 160,000 patients of their medical debt collection rights. Read story