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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
Governor, lawmakers get 7% raises as state faces $427M revenue shortfall
Gov. Bob Ferguson, AG Nick Brown, and all 147 state lawmakers received 7% pay raises effective Wednesday, July 1, bringing the governor's salary to $234,275 and a lawmaker's to $72,494, even as the state faces a $427 million revenue shortfall and most rank-and-file state workers received only a 2% cost-of-living adjustment.
Statehouse
2 court rulings preserve Washington's mail-voting rules for November
Back-to-back federal court rulings preserve Washington's all-mail voting system for the November 2026 midterms, with Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall urging voters to use drop boxes as the Trump administration prepares an appeal.
Statehouse
Cade appointed to Ferguson's statewide jobs council as Washington unemployment climbs
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order on June 25 creating a 26-member Economic Development Council, the first in two decades, as Washington's unemployment rate sits nearly a point above the national average and the Olympia-area economy sheds government jobs. Thurston County EDC Executive Director Michael Cade is among the appointees.
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