September 22, 2023, 3:40pm Editor's Choice Free
An effort to derail a sweeping state transportation package failed Friday, with a Thurston County judge upholding the law. Read story
September 21, 2023, 10:30am Latest News
A group of 25 state governors that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance and the Biden administration announced a pledge Thursday to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030, from 4.7 million to 20 million. Read story
July 14, 2023, 3:55pm Clark County News
Gov. Jay Inslee’s eyes scan over the photographs, assorted knickknacks and military medals accessorizing the 300-square foot unit that veteran James Walls has called home for the last year and a half. Read story
July 14, 2023, 7:21am Latest News
Washington drivers for weeks have paid the highest gas prices in the nation. And now some state legislators and Gov. Jay Inslee are forming plans to force oil companies to disclose how much money they’re making. Read story
June 29, 2023, 7:31am Latest News
In a visceral response to data showing increased speeding, drunk driving and traffic deaths, Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that speed-enforcement cameras should be added to I-5 and other Washington state highways, where they aren't legal now. Read story
June 26, 2023, 6:02am Latest News Free
When Washington Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar last month warned the state transportation system is “on a glidepath to failure,” it wasn’t the first time he’d issued such a dire forecast. Read story
June 14, 2023, 11:48am Latest News
The controversy over removing the four Lower Snake River dams in the Columbia basin has simmered for decades as salmon runs struggle. Yet Indigenous leaders and other proponents are watching closely as the nation's biggest dam removal project gets underway in Northern California. Read story
June 11, 2023, 6:02am Latest News
Gov. Jay Inslee recently ended the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, but for some of the public workers fired for refusing to comply, the legal battle goes on. Read story
June 6, 2023, 1:15pm Editor's Choice
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one of three measures recently signed by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee in an effort to reduce gun violence. Read story
June 2, 2023, 8:28am Northwest
Gov. Jay Inslee doesn't think Washington should exempt tribal gas stations from climate laws that have driven up fuel prices across the state since taking effect at the start of this year, he told tribal leaders this week. Read story
