Category Archives: In The News

Washington’s local news industry is in crisis, and our democracy is suffering because of it. Last year, Washington State University published the most comprehensive picture to date of our state’s local news industry. Researchers identified more than 1,000 active outlets in Washington, ...

OLYMPIA — Hospitals, parks and schools: These key locations are the focus of a bill that would require accessible pedestrian passage to be maintained during construction there. The prime sponsor of Senate Bill 6311, Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, said the ...

OLYMPIA — Hospitals, parks and schools: These key locations are the focus of a bill that would require accessible pedestrian passage to be maintained during construction there. The prime sponsor of Senate Bill 6311, Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, said the measure ...

A proposed bill in Washington state’s Legislature during the 2025 session would have banned cellphone use by students in the state’s public schools, but it failed to get off the ground. Lawmakers aren’t giving up though. This year, the Legislature ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers in Olympia are reviewing a bill designed to make home sales more equitable and accessible to everyone. The proposed legislation would prohibit private home listings unless properties are also marketed to the general public. The bill, ...

Washington and Oregon will not have to build a bridge with a movable span to accommodate tall marine vessels when they replace the aging Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River, the U.S. Coast …

A new bill introduced to the Washington Legislature, now in session, would require tire manufacturers to reformulate the rubber in their tires to remove a chemical responsible for killing large numbers of coho salmon and other fish. If approved, the ...

State Senate and House transportation leaders say state budget problems should not derail the long-awaited North Spokane Corridor is still fully funded. Speaking to the media Friday, state Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, who chairs the Senate Transportation Committee, said he ...

The days might be numbered for your next Puget Sound ferry ride to be a fleeting offline oasis, free from the incessant demands of email, pop-up ads and doomscrolling. Washington State Ferries is yielding to requests from commuters for internet ...

A who’s who from Washington state business and Democratic politics on Thursday extolled the virtues of alternative jet fuel and said the state would strive to become the nation’s leading enabler of greener flying. The occasion was a splashy launch ...