May 14, 2025, 7:29am Latest News Free
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed three bills to protect immigrant rights this week. Read story
May 14, 2025, 7:29am Business
A Seattle Democrat said he stopped a bill that would have helped Richland woo $3.5 billion in nuclear manufacturing because of budget shortfalls, concerns about nuclear waste storage and opposition from key senators. Read story
May 13, 2025, 1:42pm Latest News
A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless state's agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. Read story
May 13, 2025, 1:38pm Latest News
The nation’s new energy secretary is “passionately in support” of leaving the four lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington intact, he said at a hearing last week in Washington, D.C. Read story
May 13, 2025, 12:55pm Nation & World
President Donald Trump on Tuesday held out Saudi Arabia as a model for a reimagined Middle East, using the first major foreign trip of his term to emphasize the promise of economic prosperity over instability in a region reeling from multiple wars. Read story
May 13, 2025, 12:29pm Clark County News Subscriber ExclusiveUpdated 1 day ago
The city of Vancouver moved forward with some parking changes Monday, including eliminating free parking on weekends in downtown Vancouver and increasing parking meter hourly fees. Read story
May 13, 2025, 11:25am Health
Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps for older Americans and green energy strategies to fight climate change — are all up for debate Tuesday as the House Republicans launch marathon public hearings on their “big, beautiful bill.” Read story
May 13, 2025, 11:05am Northwest
Only a few Capitol riot defendants remained jailed after President Donald Trump issued mass pardons to supporters who joined a mob’s attack on Jan. 6, 2021. A trial for one of them — a military veteran charged with federal firearms offenses and a hoax bomb threat — began Tuesday with… Read story