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The Washington state Capitol building is pictured, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

WA lawmakers want on-time payments to count in renters’ credit scores

February 6, 2024, 7:36am Business

When a new month rolls around, many tenants hurry to pay their rent on time. But in most cases, those timely payments aren’t helping build renters’ credit scores, a key element in securing a mortgage. Read story

Vancouver resident Libby Wymore is among one of the advocates who traveled to Olympia Monday morning to ask for support of House Bill 1450. Wymore was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma when she was 20 and went into remission a year after.

Vancouver woman among advocates who urge lawmakers to support House Bill 1450 to expand insurance coverage for biomarker testing for cancer patients

February 5, 2024, 5:51pm Clark County Health

Cancer patients, survivors and their families from the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network traveled to Olympia Monday morning to urge lawmakers to endorse House Bill 1450, which would expand insurance coverage for biomarker testing throughout the state. Read story

A US Airforce soldier holds the Stars and Stripes flag during a ceremony at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the landing of allied forces on the shores of Anzio and Nettuno, in Nettuno, central Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.

Schools in Washington are required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. A new bill would make sure students actually understand what it means

February 5, 2024, 6:02am Editor's Choice

Across the nation, school children share the ritual of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance every morning before class as they have done for decades, likely as long as anyone alive today can remember. Read story

Firefighter Michael Hickey works at the scene Thursday afternoon, Aug. 17, 2023, after a blaze destroyed a primary residence and surrounding structures on the same property near La Center on Wednesday night. The incident sparked a significant brush fire that prompted evacuation warnings well into the north county community.

Washington lawmakers hope to tweak new wildfire protection rules for homes

February 5, 2024, 6:00am Latest News Free

Washington lawmakers are looking to quell some of the backlash over new wildfire-related building codes set to take effect in March, while also trying to keep homes on the edge between wooded and developed areas safe from the blazes. Read story

FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago. Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping, and handing out harsh punishments for many who are caught. Schools have invested millions of dollars in the surveillance technology, including federal COVID-19 emergency relief money meant to help schools through the pandemic. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Washington Legislature considers paying for vape detectors in schools, but do they deter vaping?

February 3, 2024, 6:02am Health

Nearly every time Lewis and Clark junior Olive Pete uses the restroom for its intended purpose, a peer is in the next stall vaping, blowing clouds of nicotine-laced tutti frutti vapor. Read story

High rents have tenants on edge: 25% of Vancouver renters spend more than half their income on rent

Construction was in progress this summer on The Broadstone Apartments at the Vancouver waterfront. A recent Harvard University study found that half of renters locally and nationwide spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities; 25 percent of Vancouver tenants spend more than half their income on rent.

Bonnie Waser’s green Chevrolet Malibu sits in front of her mobile home in Vancouver. The 62-year-old can only put a bit of gas into the car at a time. This is just one of the ways she has had to get by since her latest rent increase. She’s among the… Read story

WA lawmakers weigh tax breaks for developers turning offices to homes

Downtown Seattle is framed by the curved roof of the Space Needle, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Seattle. The roof of the Seattle icon has been painted its original color of "galaxy gold," in honor of the attraction's 60th anniversary and the color will remain for the coming year. (AP Photo/Ted S.

February 1, 2024, 8:14am Business

Washington lawmakers are mulling new financial breaks for developers who convert commercial buildings into apartments or condos, an attempt to respond to the state’s glut of empty office buildings and dire need for new homes. Read story

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State Legislature

WA lawmakers want on-time payments to count in renters’ credit scores

Vancouver woman among advocates who urge lawmakers to support House Bill 1450 to expand insurance coverage for biomarker testing for cancer patients

Schools in Washington are required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. A new bill would make sure students actually understand what it means

Washington lawmakers hope to tweak new wildfire protection rules for homes

Washington Legislature considers paying for vape detectors in schools, but do they deter vaping?

What bills are dead, which are alive after WA Legislature’s first cutoff?

WA Democrats unsure of next moves on six GOP-backed initiatives

High rents have tenants on edge: 25% of Vancouver renters spend more than half their income on rent

WA Senate approves requirement for all public schools to have naloxone on hand

WA lawmakers weigh tax breaks for developers turning offices to homes

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