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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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Washington Supreme Court weighs whether moving a transgender woman to solitary in a men's prison violated her rights
The Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday, June 23, at the Temple of Justice in Olympia in Amber Kim's challenge to her transfer from a women's prison to solitary confinement in a men's facility, a case testing whether the Department of Corrections violated her constitutional rights while a separate federal investigation into Washington's transgender prison policy remains open.
Statehouse
Washington added 10,600 jobs in May, but Olympia's government economy is shrinking
Washington state posted its best month of job growth in 2026, but the Olympia-area government workforce — one in three local jobs — fell 1.5% over the past year, and state revenue shortfalls could squeeze upcoming state worker contract talks.
Statehouse
Permit hearing advances Olympia's first mountain bike park
Olympia Hearing Examiner Mark Scheibmeir held a public hearing Monday, June 22, on the development permit for Kaiser Woods Park (now Marj Yung Park), the city's planned first dedicated mountain bike park. A written decision is pending.
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