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View MoreTrump nominates Pete Serrano as Western Washington U.S. attorney
President Trump nominated Pete Serrano, a former Pasco mayor and current Eastern District federal prosecutor, to lead the Western District of Washington, which covers Olympia and Thurston County; Sen. Patty Murray vowed to block the nomination using the blue slip process.
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View MoreFDA recalls broccoli sprouts sold across Washington for salmonella
The FDA recalled 215 cases of broccoli sprouts from Idaho-based Evergreen Fresh Sprouts after lab tests confirmed salmonella, with use-by dates as late as Sept. 16 still in circulation at Washington grocery stores and restaurants.
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View MoreWashington AG files two lawsuits over endangered species rollbacks
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown co-led 21 attorneys general in filing two federal lawsuits Wednesday, Sept. 9, challenging Trump administration rollbacks to Endangered Species Act protections that the coalition says threaten orca and salmon habitat.
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View MoreWashington health insurance premiums jump 22% for 2027
Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer approved a 22.2% average rate hike for ACA exchange plans starting Jan. 1, 2027, marking the second consecutive year of 20%-plus increases for roughly 250,000 enrollees statewide, including self-employed workers and small businesses in Olympia and Tumwater.
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View More5 WA Supreme Court races draw record outside money before Nov. 3
Five Washington State Supreme Court seats are on the Nov. 3 ballot, with two independent political groups raising a combined $900,000 and a looming constitutional fight over the state's new income tax shaping the races decided at the Temple of Justice in Olympia.
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View MoreEthics board meets Thursday after $52K penalty order
Washington's Legislative Ethics Board meets Thursday on the Capitol Campus to continue deliberating Advisory Opinion 26-1, discuss a possible rule amendment and hear public testimony before entering executive session on pending complaints.
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View MoreFerguson signs order as 200,000 face Medicaid coverage loss
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Executive Order 26-03 on Sept. 3 to create a state response committee and public-awareness campaign as up to 200,000 Washingtonians face losing Medicaid coverage under H.R. 1, with the first 11,000 losing eligibility Oct. 1.
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View MoreOlympia man faces 4 felony charges in child rape case
Jesus Ramirez Molina, 42, faces arraignment at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Thurston County Superior Court on four felony charges, each carrying a possible life sentence, after allegedly kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl in Olympia.
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View MoreReykdal seeks Imagination Library funding after Parton's death
State Superintendent Chris Reykdal is urging Washington lawmakers to restore funding for the Imagination Library, a free book program serving 120,000 children statewide that lost its state funding in the 2025 budget.
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View MoreWashington wins $227 million from Meta over children's safety
Washington will receive at least $227 million over 10 years from a multistate settlement with Meta requiring Instagram and Facebook to impose daily time limits, nighttime blocks and school-hours notification curbs for teen users.
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View MoreOlympia essay urges converting WSDOT building into housing
Emmett O'Connell argues in an Olympia Time essay that the state should convert the nearly vacant WSDOT headquarters on the East Capitol Campus into mixed-use housing, tracing how the campus displaced an 18-block Olympia neighborhood in the 1950s through 1970s.
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View MoreOSD meal applications open Friday, affect school funding
Olympia School District opens free and reduced-price meal applications Friday, Aug. 28, via Skyward Qmlativ, with the district emphasizing that participation drives school funding formulas now that a state hold-harmless provision has expired.
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