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Ferguson aide resigned amid toxic workplace complaints, lawmakers say

March 18, 2025, 8:12am Northwest

Gov. Bob Ferguson’s legislative director resigned amid concerns about a toxic workplace allegedly fostered by a top gubernatorial aide, according to two Democratic state lawmakers who say they’ve heard such… Read story

Democratic lawmakers warn of ‘all-out assault’ on Medicaid, though Trump says the program is safe

March 18, 2025, 8:12am Latest News

Billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid would have a devastating impact on the more than 1.8 million Washingtonians who rely on the program, particularly in rural and Eastern Washington,… Read story

Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.

Opening of new Washington juvenile detention center is delayed

Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.

March 18, 2025, 7:42am Courts & Crime

A new Washington state juvenile detention center meant to help address persistent overcrowding at an existing facility will open months later than anticipated due to difficulties in hiring staff. Read story

FILE - This is the Starbucks sign on Black Friday shoppers line at a Starbucks kiosk in the Walden Galleria in Buffalo, NY., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

On the menu for Starbucks: DEI, layoffs, and its CEO’s corporate jet use

FILE - This is the Starbucks sign on Black Friday shoppers line at a Starbucks kiosk in the Walden Galleria in Buffalo, NY., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

March 18, 2025, 7:39am Business

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is focused on bringing the company back to its roots. During his first shareholders meeting last week he repeated two of the concepts guiding his changes: a simpler company, and feedback from customers and workers. Read story

Hundreds of people gathered at the Washington state Capitol on Monday to urge the Legislature to adopt progressive tax policies and not cut funds for public services and education in response to a projected budget deficit.

State workers blast Ferguson’s furlough plan, calling it a betrayal

Hundreds of people gathered at the Washington state Capitol on Monday to urge the Legislature to adopt progressive tax policies and not cut funds for public services and education in response to a projected budget deficit.

March 18, 2025, 7:38am Latest News

Attorney General Bob Ferguson pledged to labor leaders in July 2023 that if elected governor, he’d have their back as he set about to change the culture of state government. Read story

Workers talk as construction continues on Stark Street Bridge on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Troutdale, Ore.

Electric vehicle owners don’t buy gas. Oregon among the states looking for other ways to pay for roads and bridges.

Workers talk as construction continues on Stark Street Bridge on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Troutdale, Ore.

March 18, 2025, 7:35am Latest News

The pothole outside Timothy Taylor’s home was so deep, he could hear the clunk of cars hitting it from inside his house. Read story

Japanese beetles eat string bean leaves in a garden.

WA losing invasive beetle battle in Tri-Cities. Fight to stop them moves to Columbia River

Japanese beetles eat string bean leaves in a garden.

March 18, 2025, 7:34am Northwest

The Washington state Department of Agriculture is expanding eight-fold the area of private and public land in the Tri-Cities it wants to spray pesticide to fight highly destructive Japanese beetles. Read story

A banner advocating for eastern Oregon counties to leave the state and join Idaho is shown on the side of a store in Mitchell, Ore., May 28, 2023.

Trump isn’t alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change too

A banner advocating for eastern Oregon counties to leave the state and join Idaho is shown on the side of a store in Mitchell, Ore., May 28, 2023.

March 17, 2025, 1:45pm Latest News

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural residents of Illinois and Oregon are promoting geopolitical change of their own: They want to break away from their states, and perhaps unite with Indiana and Idaho. Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez visits Cascade Middle School on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30, 2025.

NRCC names 26 House Democrats to initial target list for 2026, including Perez

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez visits Cascade Middle School on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30, 2025.

March 17, 2025, 9:44am Clark County Politics

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Monday released its initial list of 26 House Democrats the party plans to target in next year’s midterm elections. Read story

A field of RoozenGaarde tulips bloom during the April 2022 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Festival organizers are hoping for a close-to-normal year in 2023, with visitors from around the world bringing economic benefit.

The Washington Bulb Company in the business of producing tulips

A field of RoozenGaarde tulips bloom during the April 2022 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Festival organizers are hoping for a close-to-normal year in 2023, with visitors from around the world bringing economic benefit.

March 17, 2025, 9:35am Business

The Washington Bulb Company produces tens of millions of tulip bulbs to be planted throughout the Skagit Valley at its facility west of Mount Vernon with the help of machinery and numerous staff. Read story