Laurel Demkovich, Washington State Standard
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Washington's senior U.S. Senator discussed her funding priorities in a recent conversation with Washington State Standard.
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Debate begins in Olympia as the House and Senate stake claims on where they want the money to go. They have about two weeks to wrap up negotiations.
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Democrats and conservation groups worry that building too aggressively in rural areas could strain water supplies, infrastructure, and services.
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The bill would allow increases of only 7% each year for existing tenants.
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A preview of the Washington Legislature's 2024 session, which begins Monday.
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Health officials and hospital operators want to see further action to help patients with conditions like dementia and mental health disorders transition into long-term care and behavioral health facilities.
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The Department of Natural Resources owns thousands of acres that aren’t useful for timber harvests, but selling and repurposing the property can be complicated.
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Careful spending and new state laws should help ease the loss of federal pandemic aid, according to advocates. But they also say longer-term child care fixes are needed.
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More than a dozen communities around the state will share in the federal urban forestry funding, which comes amid concerns about climate change and extreme heat.
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Farmers and truckers say the state is ignoring their ideas for how to fix a troubled exemptions system that is supposed to shield them from fuel price hikes under Washington’s new climate law.