Category Archives: In The News

Broken roads, old ferries and devastation left by December’s storms are top of mind for the Democratic and Republican leaders on the Legislature’s transportation committees. That’s where the agreement ends. Washington state legislators see a tough couple of months ahead ...

EVERETT — State Senate Majority Leader Marko Liias told members of the business community in Everett on Wednesday that Washington needs to prioritize using state transportation funds to create thousands of new jobs. Liias, D-Edmonds, who chairs the Senate Transportation ...

Sen. Marko Liias (D-Edmonds) was awarded the Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion by Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

Washington legislators will have two opportunities in their upcoming session to support the local news industry, if they’re not completely focused on growing the state budget. State Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, is preparing a new version of Senate Bill 5400, ...

Governor Bob Ferguson on Nov. 19 declared an emergency due to a shutdown of the Olympic Pipeline following a fuel leak near Everett. The shutdown has disrupted jet fuel transportation to SEA …

Washington State highways and bridges are in need of a serious refresh. That’s according to a WSDOT official who told the Washington State Transportation Commission this month: “We are in the early stages of critical failure due to lack of ...

In a colorful classroom at Edmonds College’s Head Start preschool in Lynnwood, kids finish breakfast and sit in a circle, watching their teacher expectantly. Today’s lesson is about working animals. The 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds excitedly call out jobs animals ...

OLYMPIA—Washington State’s Work Zone Speed Camera Program, that launched in April 2025, has issued 7,599 infractions for speeding in highway work zones, with another 3,968 currently being processed, during its first 90 days the Washington State Patrol announced on Wednesday, July ...

SACRAMENTO, California — Blue-state lawmakers are increasingly turning to tech giants for cash to save struggling newsrooms, fearful that President Donald Trump’s policies could crush already reeling local news outlets. Democrats in five blue states — Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Oregon and ...

EDMONDS, Wash. — Washington is joining Alaska, California and New York in forming a coast-to-coast federal ferry caucus aimed at boosting national support for ferry systems, lawmakers announced Wednesday. The effort comes as Washington State Ferries operates 21 vessels — ...