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Child care subsidies in Washington could be impacted as state faces budget gap

By Lauren Paterson January 17, 2025

A photo shows a daycare table on hardwood floors with teal, orange and green shaped toys on top. People stand in the distance chatting.

People stand in RoseMary’s Place, a child care agency on the Columbia County Health System campus in Dayton, Washington. (Credit: Columbia County Health System) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read This year, […]Read More

3 things to watch as WA’s 2025 legislative session kicks off

By NWPB January 13, 2025

A person walks near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP) Read By Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network […]Read More

Washington police pursuit rules to change after Legislature adopts 3 voter initiatives

By NWPB March 6, 2024

After the Senate approved three initiatives earlier in the day, Washington lawmakers in the House voted on Monday, March 4, 2024, to approve I-2113. The measure would ease certain rules around when police can engage in car chases, loosening new rules lawmakers put in place in 2021 and scaled back in 2023. (Credit: Jeanie Lindsay / NW News Network)

By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network After hours of public speeches, the Washington Legislature decided Monday to once again make changes to the state rules around police car chases. Lawmakers […]Read More

Here’s why WA Democrats passed 3 Republican-backed voter initiatives

By NWPB March 6, 2024

The Washington Legislative building on Jan. 19, 2024. (Credit: Jeanie Lindsay / NW News Network)

By: Jeanie Lindsay / NW News Network A majority of lawmakers in the Washington Legislature decided Monday to approve three voter initiatives, after weeks of uncertainty and plenty of tense […]Read More

Bill swap, money talks, and initiative hints: A look at week 6 of WA’s legislative session

By NWPB February 16, 2024

By: Jeanie Lindsey, NW News Network With just a few weeks left in this year’s legislative session, Washington lawmakers are starting to unveil budget plans and consider bills in the […]Read More

New legislation takes aim at blinking lights on Washington wind turbines

By Dori Luzzo Gilmour January 17, 2023

A state council recommended less restrictive limits on turbines and solar arrays for the Horse Heaven Hills Clean Energy Center, which would be built near the Tri-Cities. (Credit: Roberta Schonborg / Flickr Creative Commons)

Flikr Creative Commons Roberta Schonborg Listen (Runtime 1:11) Read A new clean energy project proposal that includes the construction of hundreds of wind turbines in the Columbia Basin, is facing […]Read More