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Gov. Ferguson announces subsidized housing package, new state agency

(The Center Square) - Gov. Bob Ferguson has announced a spending proposal of $244 million to be included in the 2026 supplemental operating budget...

WATCH: WSDOT concedes stray current risks on I-90 from cross-lake light rail

(The Center Square) - The latest status report from Sound Transit raises some major concerns about whether passenger rail service will be ready to...

Sound Transit study finds major disruption, limited savings in downtown tunnel options

(The Center Square) – Sound Transit is unlikely to route three future light rail lines through the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel as the agency...

Campaign shows link between ‘lawsuit abuse,’ higher costs

After helping to spur legal reforms elsewhere in the U.S. to help rein in what it calls lawsuit abuse, a national legal reform advocacy...

Republican proposes near-real-time overdose dashboard ahead of 2026 session

(The Center Square) - Hoping to curtail the state’s opioid epidemic, one Republican proposed a bill Thursday that would establish a near-real-time overdose mapping...

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