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Washington and Oregon may regulate the wild West of crypto mining

Crypto industry advocates such as the Blockchain Association criticized the Biden administration’s reports, calling them a “missed opportunity” that disproportionately focused on the risks associated with the industry without providing solutions to...

‘Ask for Jane:’ Who were the pre-Roe underground abortionists?

“Call this number and ask for Jane”Arcana never intended to work for an underground abortion service. She was a teacher by trade and had no formal training in medicine. She grew up...

The high school students behind the bill to end WA's 'pink tax'

“What I love is that question what the barriers are to the right policy,” Dhingra said. “The older we get, we forget to challenge the status quo. These kids challenge the...

Why you should pay attention to the 2023 Washington Legislature

Budget and housingInslee last month proposed a new $70 billion two-year state operating budget. That spending document channels dollars to everything from schools and prisons to the foster-care and mental health systems,...

What happened after the Jan. 6 confrontation in Olympia?

The events of Jan. 6, 2021, in Olympia began about noon, at about the same moment the nation watched a crowd of election deniers smash windows in the U.S. Capitol building, violently...

In 2023, WA lawmakers will decide the legal future of drug possession

This is part of a series updating our readers on some of our top stories of the past year.As a stopgap in the wake of the court decision, lawmakers and Inslee approved...

Top environmental bills on the 2023 WA Legislative agenda

“The biggest thing is to focus on implementing the things we said we’re going to do,” said Sen. Joe Nguyen, D-Seattle, the new chairman of the Senate Energy, Environment & Technology Committee.“There’s...

Seattle narrowly approves ranked-choice voting

About 51% of voters said Seattle should change its primary voting system away from the state’s top-two primary and 49% said no to the change, with a vote gap of almost exactly...

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