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Jen Chong Jewell, the mother of a child with developmental disabilities, speaks at a press conference on proposed cuts to Medicaid alongside Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

Medicaid cuts passed by U.S. House could mean 200,000 WA residents lose coverage

Jen Chong Jewell, the mother of a child with developmental disabilities, speaks at a press conference on proposed cuts to Medicaid alongside Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

May 23, 2025, 7:51am Health Free

Washington leaders are warning that at least 194,000 people in the state stand to lose Medicaid coverage under a Republican-backed budget bill that passed the U.S. House early Thursday. Read story

The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services’ Brockmann facility stands in the Mount Vista area nearing completion, as seen Wednesday morning. Officials said the facility will no longer open in the fall as planned after the state Legislature did not include operational funding for the campus in its two-year budget.

Without funding from the Legislature, 48-bed Mount Vista-area mental health facility won’t open

The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services’ Brockmann facility stands in the Mount Vista area nearing completion, as seen Wednesday morning. Officials said the facility will no longer open in the fall as planned after the state Legislature did not include operational funding for the campus in its two-year budget.

May 23, 2025, 6:10am Clark County Health Updated 23 hours ago

A nearly completed residential mental health treatment facility in the Mount Vista area that was slated to open in the fall will stand largely empty after the state Legislature did not budget funding to operate it. Read story

A black-tailed deer feeds at the edge of a field of dandelions in June in Vancouver. An absence of hunting or predation in the suburbs means deer that can learn to avoid cars can live a long time.

Yum! You can now take some roadkill home to eat in Clark County

A black-tailed deer feeds at the edge of a field of dandelions in June in Vancouver. An absence of hunting or predation in the suburbs means deer that can learn to avoid cars can live a long time.

May 23, 2025, 6:08am Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

Good news for people who enjoy deer, elk and saving money: The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife will allow people to take home and eat deer killed in motor vehicle crashes in Clark, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties. Read story

Firefighters work on mop up on the east flank of the Stave Fire, part of the Kachess Complex, in the Wenatchee Mountains.

State cuts wildfire prevention funds in half. Is WA ready for the summer fire season?

Firefighters work on mop up on the east flank of the Stave Fire, part of the Kachess Complex, in the Wenatchee Mountains.

May 23, 2025, 5:49am Latest News

Washington state lawmakers made numerous cuts to balance the budget — including a “massive” reduction in the state’s wildfire prevention, resilience and response funding. Read story

FILE - A sign at entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., Jan. 9,2014.

Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn

FILE - A sign at entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., Jan. 9,2014.

May 22, 2025, 8:02pm Nation & World

All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its library because they dealt with anti-racism and gender issues are back on the shelves after the newest Pentagon-ordered review — the latest turn in a dizzying effort to rid the military of materials… Read story

Trump considers taking Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae public

May 22, 2025, 8:00pm Business

President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that he was “giving very serious consideration” to taking the mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae public after more than a decade of being under government oversight. Read story

Journalists are positioned as law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington.

Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza’

Journalists are positioned as law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington.

May 22, 2025, 7:53pm Nation & World

Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said. Read story

In this image from video, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., announces the final vote total after the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after an all-night session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2025.

Trump’s big tax bill has passed the House. Here’s what’s inside it

In this image from video, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., announces the final vote total after the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after an all-night session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2025.

May 22, 2025, 7:37pm Politics

House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump's priority bill to approval Thursday. Read story