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U.S. House Republicans halt plans to breach WA's Snake River dams

On March 23, Washington’s two Republican representatives, U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse, introduced a bill to save the dams. Their Democratic colleagues from Washington were leading the charge in...

WA bill would bring trauma-informed practices to sexual assault cases

Mosbrucker said many kits sat waiting untested for years at law enforcement agencies or college campuses. Some kits were in poor condition due to a neglect of proper preservation. Numerous kits sustained...

Washington’s first carbon auction sold pollution for $300 million

The state’s Climate Commitment Act implementation program manager, Luke Martland, who works with Boyte-White, said that Ecology designed a flexible program to be a sustainable market. Heavy manufacturers either purchase allowances at...

Washington state may boost 988 hotline funding as demand grows

According to McDaniel, Crisis Connections has experienced a 25%-30% increase in calls since the 988 hotline was implemented last July. With the increase in calls comes an increase in the need for...

Washington state considers banning over-the-counter rape kits

Last fall, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson sent a cease-and-desist letter to Leda Health, a company marketing DIY rape kits to survivors of sexual assault at the University of Washington. It was...

How federal weed legalization would impact Washington state

“If we are not prepared to commit on a nationwide scale, we are going to be left in the dust,” Rivers said.This bill passed the Senate Wednesday on a bipartisan vote of...

This WA bill could make it easier and safer to change your name

“ just acknowledges that the world has changed so much, and we are seeing so many more harms … There are so many harms in the world that might not involve physical...

Is a 17-inch fossil enough to inspire Washington's state dinosaur?

“The question of, ‘How do we have a dinosaur, which is a land animal, in a marine rock?’ is interesting. It's a known thing with dinosaurs and other modern creatures called a...

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