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Just over a week past Election Day, the city of Seattle and King County have filed a lawsuit over I-976, Tim Eyman's $30 car tabs initiative. 

This week Washington Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray criticized the manner in which the payments were doled out, arguing that the payments mostly benefited farmers in the South and only larger companies.

As I-976's implementation looms, the push for a high speed rail connecting Washington with Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, BC continues.

Like its competitor Uber Freight, Convoy seeks to modernize the trucking business and fill in gaps in efficiency while reducing carbon emissions.

With the region's unseasonably dry weather continuing, it's thrown forecasts for November snow into Seattle into flux.

Tacoma City Councilmembers voted Tuesday evening to approve a new measure based on Seattle's own controversial gun tax. 

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hasahn French scored 19 points and Saint Louis beat Eastern Washington 82-60 on Wednesday night. French shot 9 for 11 from the floor. Fred Thatch Jr. had 11 points and seven rebounds for Saint Louis (3-0). Jordan Goodwin added seven rebounds, and Yuri Collins distributed 11 assists. Kim Aiken Jr. had […]

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who was pulled unconscious and not breathing from a fire in a Yakima mobile home has died. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the woman died Tuesday in a local hospital, according to Yakima fire officials. Her name and age have not been released. Firefighters and police were called […]

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Pullman police have identified the 19-year-old student who died at a Washington State University fraternity Tuesday as freshman Samuel Martinez of Bellevue, Washington. The Whitman County Coroner has not released the cause and manner of death, but police said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation indicates the death may be alcohol related. […]

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A new report has revealed workers at a Washington state decommissioned nuclear site do not have the same whistleblower protection as other employees on Department of Energy projects. The Tri-City Herald reports that the Office of Inspector General released the report Tuesday looking at whether the agency added protections approved by […]

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s October unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.5 percent from the previous month. According to numbers released Wednesday by the Employment Security Department, October’s rate was down from September’s rate of 4.6 percent. The state also saw a net loss of 1,600 jobs in October. The largest private job growth […]

MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) — Washington state authorities say a 74-year-old father was fatally shot by his son after ignoring deputies’ warnings not to engage with him after a disturbance at their home. KOMO-TV reports that King County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a 41-year-old man threatening to hurt people Tuesday. Sgt. Ryan […]

Voters are narrowly rejecting the "affirmative action referendum" -- R-88 -- in Washington state, prompting the Washington Fairness Coalition to admit defeat.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring publicly held companies to put women on their boards of directors is facing a second legal challenge. The law requires publicly traded companies to have at least one woman on their boards by the end of this year. By 2021, boards with five members must have two […]

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Eastern Washington University is continuing to pursue campus-wide budget cuts while raising money for a new football stadium and routing funds into student-athlete scholarships, frustrating some faculty members who believe the administration is investing too heavily in athletics. President Mary Cullinan, meanwhile, says the university is collecting donations for all kinds […]