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Statehouse
Dunning leads Clouse in early District 5 primary returns
Lacey City Councilman Nicolas Martinez-Dunning leads incumbent Emily Clouse in early Thurston County Commissioner District 5 primary returns, with both advancing to the Nov. 3 general election and third-place finisher Michelle Gipson eliminated.
Statehouse
44 state lawmakers push Ferguson to save developmental disabilities program serving Thurston families
Forty-four Washington legislators from both parties urged Gov. Bob Ferguson to preserve the $900,000-per-year Parent to Parent program, which pairs Thurston County families of children with developmental disabilities with experienced parent mentors, as its DSHS contract expires Monday, August 31.
Statehouse
Dunning leads Clouse in early District 5 primary returns
Lacey City Councilman Nicolas Martinez-Dunning leads incumbent Emily Clouse in early Thurston County Commissioner District 5 primary returns, with both advancing to the Nov. 3 general election and third-place finisher Michelle Gipson eliminated.
Statehouse
Dunning leads Clouse in early District 5 primary returns
Lacey City Councilman Nicolas Martinez-Dunning leads incumbent Emily Clouse in early Thurston County Commissioner District 5 primary returns, with both advancing to the Nov. 3 general election and third-place finisher Michelle Gipson eliminated.
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Statehouse
Washington budgets millions for Medicaid work-requirement systems ahead of 2027 deadline
Washington state's 2026 supplemental budget includes more than $43 million for DSHS to build eligibility systems and hire temporary staff to comply with new federal Medicaid and SNAP work requirements by January 2027, while the state has joined a 26-state lawsuit challenging the rule's narrowed "medically frail" exemption.
Statehouse
Federal food stamp penalty will cost Washington $90 million a year, pressuring DSHS budget
Washington's 6.98% SNAP error rate will trigger more than $90 million in new annual costs starting October 2027, adding budget pressure to DSHS — the state's largest agency and a major Olympia-area employer — even as it hires quality-control staff to prevent the bill from growing.
Statehouse
State human rights commissioner resigns over antisemitic remarks, leaving Olympia-based panel with vacancies
Spokane pastor Luc Jasmin resigned from the Washington State Human Rights Commission after antisemitic remarks he made in a March 2025 meeting surfaced publicly, leaving the Olympia-headquartered agency with at least two of its five seats vacant and a replacement Gov. Ferguson must appoint through 2028.
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