Washington

The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied a request from Washington state last week to help pay for damage caused during a storm last year.

About 40 million pounds of Washington’s blueberries are shipped to Canada for packing or processing each year.

State’s patchwork approach to providing attorneys pits constitutional rights against public safety, legal experts say.

The Trump administration's cuts to grant funding could amount to as much of a third of the State Library’s budget — especially impacting rural and underserved communities.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson announced three nominees for Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission that pleased hunters, anglers, and a coalition of tribes. However, wildlife advocates expressed disappointment, feeling the appointments favor special interests over ecological concerns.

“This is devastating,” said Vanessa Gutierrez, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project’s deputy director. “We’ve had to stop taking new cases. We don’t know how many kids and young adults now have no legal help.”

The letter, sent to school leaders across the nation late last week, threatens to withhold federal funding from schools for “any violation” of civil rights law — including DEI programs that “advantage one race over another.”

Washington's wolf population has decreased for the first time in 16 years, dropping from 254 to 230 wolves as of December 31, 2024.

With significant cost increases on highway and bridge projects in recent years, lawmakers are facing a price tag ranging from $5 billion to $7.5 billion in order to fund the project to replace the I-5 bridge across the Columbia River. To help with the cost, Washington state is increasing the amount of toll revenue and is looking to the House Transportation Committee to get a funding bill through Congress.

NaphCare Inc., which operates in 49 states, has been handed two multimillion dollar lawsuits related to inmate care in recent years