January 23, 2024, 7:46am Latest News
That new pair of jeans you’ve been eyeing won’t only cost your wallet but the planet too, and a group of high schoolers want to change that. Read story
January 22, 2024, 8:36pm Latest News
When Alex Johnson and her husband are on an outing with their kids and a diaper needs to be changed, she almost always ends up handling the job. Not because she likes changing diapers more than her husband, she said, but because most changing stations are located in women’s restrooms. Read story
January 22, 2024, 3:10pm Latest News
Washington state lawmakers are expected to consider a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrators in the… Read story
January 19, 2024, 8:16am Latest News
People dressed in bridal gowns and veils gathered inside the Capitol on Thursday, not to get married, but to protest against child marriage in Washington state. Almost 20 protesters were seen with chained arms and taped mouths, calling on the Senate to pass House Bill 1455, which would set a… Read story
January 19, 2024, 7:44am Northwest
Two bills filed in the state Legislature would update the statute for dissolving rural library districts. Read story
January 19, 2024, 7:41am Latest News
Amanda Knox, a Washingtonian who was wrongly convicted of murder in Italy, shared her firsthand experience with police deception while testifying before a Washington House committee in support of a bill that would target deceptive tactics in police interrogations. Read story
January 18, 2024, 1:31pm Latest News Free
This spring could be the last one when Washingtonians move their clocks ahead one hour for daylight saving time, if a proposal making its way through the Legislature passes this year. Read story
January 18, 2024, 7:37am Latest News Free
Democratic lawmakers’ latest quest for tougher gun laws in Washington began Monday with a push to bar open carrying of firearms in parks, bus stations, libraries and local government buildings. Read story
January 18, 2024, 7:30am Latest News
Washington lawmakers introduced a bill last week that would make Lunar New Year a state-recognized holiday, about a year after legislation calling for it to become a paid holiday failed to advance through the state Legislature. Read story
January 17, 2024, 5:38pm Newsletter
Tribal leaders in Washington state are urging lawmakers there to pass a bill that would send millions of dollars in funding to tribal nations to help them stem a dramatic rise in opioid overdose deaths. Read story
