Washington state is currently forecast to run out of money by 2027 and experience a fiscal deficit by 2028 despite the largest tax increase in state history this session, in addition to record … ...

The nation’s largest nurses’ union is blasting Kaiser Permanente for pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 starting next month, due to pending litigation and pressure from the Trump ...

Republican legislators have rightfully focused on how majority Democrats just approved the largest tax package in Washington history, which will raise state and local taxes by a combined $12.2 billion ...

Ridgefield youth Demesei takes part in a bow-and-arrow game provided by Bounce N Battle during La Center’s Our Days Steamboat Celebration. The activity, part of the kids’ zone on Saturday, July 26, ...

Washington’s most vulnerable Democrat in the U.S. House had a strong fundraising quarter in anticipation of a tough 2026 reelection. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania County, who is ...

Washington congressman riffs on national security in the Trump era In an interview with the Standard, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, likened the president’s ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Friday it’ll soon release billions in Education Department funding that has been frozen for weeks, delaying disbursements to K-12 schools throughout the ...

Please join us for a celebration of life for Donald Leo Kiive on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025 at 2 p.m., at “The Farm,” 34610 NE Kelly Road, Yacolt, WA 98675. A dinner will be held after services. For more ...

New Hampshire Democratic U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander’s amendment to the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), backed by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, passed the House Armed ...

She explained that USOPC is putting the onus on governing bodies of different sports organizations to follow its lead. “So the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee [is] setting the policy, and now ...