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State seeks comment on toll rate increase options

Staff reports: The Washington State Transportation Commission has launched its public comment process as it prepares to increase toll rates on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge,...

Shortage of truck drivers causing fuel shortages at gas stations

State leaders are encouraging travelers by car to plan ahead as the increased demand comes at a time fuel stations nationwide are grappling with delays...

Bat positive for rabies found in King County

By Public Health – Seattle & King County staff As the weather warms up in King County, bats come out of hibernation, which means...

King County looks at forming hate crime unit in Sheriff’s Office

Responding in part to a shocking increase in crimes of hate and bias, King County Council Vice Chair Reagan Dunn has introduced legislation that would...

State launches new Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention

By Washington State Department of Commerce Shalisa Hayes is a mother with a mission. In August 2011, she experienced the deepest pain a mother could...

Constantine proposes $600 million King County COVID-19 supplemental budget

King County Executive Dow Constantine proposed a $600 million COVID-19 supplemental budget to the County Council that includes $337 million from the American Rescue Plan...

First-time home buyers increasingly priced out of Washington housing market

With a hot home buyer’s market and ongoing shortage of new construction, home builders are troubled by a growing crisis in housing: People in middle...

King County Elections seeks better voter turnout in historically excluded communities

King County Elections and Seattle Foundation will commit $950,000 in grants over the next two years to more than 30 organizations working to increase voter...

Treehouse awarded $1.3 million in CARES Act to help fund foster care tutoring

Seattle-based Treehouse has been awarded $1.345 million in federal CARES Act funding to provide tutoring and academic remediation while also eliminating financial barriers to success...

New state law averts big spike in unemployment taxes on businesses

By Jerry Cornfield and Rachel Riley Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Monday legislation that cancels most of a massive hike in unemployment insurance taxes...

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