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Maria Cantwell urges U.S. to embrace ‘capitalism in the digital age’ amid Trump’s tariff threats

February 5, 2025, 8:21am Business

A day after the Trump administration struck last-minute deals with the governments of Mexico and Canada to delay and possibly avert a trade war, the Washington Democrat who leads her… Read story

New energy secretary’s commitment to Hanford site cleanup questioned by Sen. Cantwell

February 5, 2025, 7:27am Latest News

Fossil fuel executive Chris Wright has become the nation’s energy secretary, despite questions about his commitment to Hanford environmental cleanup raised by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. Read story

Washington, D.C., Roll Call

February 8, 2025, 5:59am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending Feb. 7. Read story

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk to reporters before votes on a Democratic resolution stating that every patient has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care, regardless of where they live, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Should Washington, D.C., become the 51st state? WA’s 2 senators say it’s ‘long past time’

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk to reporters before votes on a Democratic resolution stating that every patient has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care, regardless of where they live, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

January 27, 2025, 7:45am Latest News

Washington became the 42nd state in 1889. Now, both of its U.S. senators want to see the other Washington — D.C., that is — get granted statehood, too. Read story

Washington D.C. Roll Call Report

January 25, 2025, 5:05am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending Jan. 24. Read story

Former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., right, shakes hands with Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., center, before his hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, to be Transportation Secretary. Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is at left.

Trump transportation secretary nominee tells Sen. Cantwell I-5 Bridge replacement funding will come, sort of

Former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., right, shakes hands with Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., center, before his hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, to be Transportation Secretary. Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is at left.

January 17, 2025, 1:15pm Business

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation on Wednesday told Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., that he “would anticipate honoring” billions of dollars the department committed for the replacement of the Interstate 5 Bridge. Read story

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Energy, left, talks with Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., prior to a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington.

What Trump’s energy secretary nominee had to say on Hanford nuclear waste, national lab

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Energy, left, talks with Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., prior to a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington.

January 16, 2025, 7:47am Business

Trump’s nominee for energy secretary called finishing the environmental cleanup at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington critical when he was questioned at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Read story

Fort Vancouver is celebrating its bicentennial.

Cover for Interstate 5 connecting Fort Vancouver to downtown gets $30M boost

Fort Vancouver is celebrating its bicentennial.

January 14, 2025, 1:20pm Business

Plans to put a lid on Interstate 5, or at least a section of it, recently got a $30 million boost. Read story

Washington, D.C., Roll Call report

January 11, 2025, 5:30am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez tours the Yaquina dredging vessel as the crews works along the Columbia River in August. “So many of our industries rely on these waterways and this dredging schedule,” Perez said.

Lawmakers: Water Resource Development Act will boost Columbia River projects, jobs and the economy

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez tours the Yaquina dredging vessel as the crews works along the Columbia River in August. “So many of our industries rely on these waterways and this dredging schedule,” Perez said.

January 9, 2025, 6:08am Business

Washington’s federal lawmakers are celebrating a significant list of new Columbia River projects made possible by the 2024 Water Resource Development Act, which became law Saturday. Read story