A bill that cleared the Washington House sets up a new framework for mediation and penalties in cases where cities block transitional housing and shelters.
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A proposal headed to voters to repeal Washington’s capital gains tax would knock roughly a billion dollars a year from the state budget.

Picture a classic February beach scene on Penn Cove: gray clouds above a gray beach along flat gray waters – not even wavelets on the beach, just gentle lapping.
Deepfake technology is widely available, and a pivotal election year lies ahead. The FCC banned AI robocalls, but AI-enhanced disinformation campaigns remain a threat.
Three City Council members have announced an unusual proposal for a new event center to replace the Port's Transit Shed, one that would be City-funded, but Port-owned.
An Anacortes man walked into the Anacortes Police Department lobby with what he believed was a homemade explosive device.

The Washington Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill banning police from hog-tying people, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died in custody while hog-tied facedown on a Tacoma sidewalk, pleading for breath.