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Nannies, housekeepers and other domestic workers to gain state protections
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (479+ words) OLYMPIA " New protections for domestic workers in Washington will take effect next year under a bill Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Monday. Before the bill signing, close to 100 people gathered on the north steps of the state Capitol to celebrate the…...
Future still uncertain following Lions Pool closure
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (1256+ words) Yakima Valley Championships for boys swimming Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Lions Pool in Yakima, Wash. Just a few weeks ago, John Whitney was driving along West Pine Street past Lions Pool. It was early in the morning" probably not long after…...
Opinion: The Iran war’s most precious commodity isn’t oil
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (309+ words) The CIA calls it the "strategic commodity" of the Middle East. But it's not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don't underestimate it, though, because if…...
Opinion: A year the IRS might want to forget
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (340+ words) The Internal Revenue Service Building is pictured on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Taxpayers aren't usually inclined to sympathize with the Internal Revenue Service, but this year they probably should. Thanks to a brutal combination of staff shortages and new complications in…...
Opinion: Strict new voter proposals have us searching for our true ID
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (741+ words) "I Voted" stickers await voters at Beaver Lake Education Center on Election Day in Maplewood, Minn., on Nov. 4, 2025. She got married in 1963 and signed her new card more formally, "Kathleen A. Magnuson." A later replacement card got the full treatment, "Kathleen…...
Washington lawmakers approve police mask ban, send it to governor
18+ hour, 24+ min ago (292+ words) OLYMPIA " The Washington state Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill banning law enforcement officers from wearing face-concealing masks while interacting with the public, sending the measure to the governor's desk. Senate Bill 5855, sponsored by Javier Valdez, D-Seattle, prohibits…...
Governor appoints Washington’s newest Supreme Court justice amid turnover
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (684+ words) Theodore Angelis speaks after being named by Gov. Bob Ferguson, left, as new Washington Supreme Court Justice, Monday, March 9, 2026, in Olympia. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) Theodore Angelis, right, is applauded after being named by Gov. Bob Ferguson, at podium,…...
WA police mask ban approved by lawmakers, heads to governor
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (315+ words) ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents detain an immigrant at Seattle Immigration Court on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times) OLYMPIA " The Washington state Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill banning law enforcement officers from wearing face-concealing…...
Opinion: Blocking aid, Israel escalates its cruelty in Gaza
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (260+ words) For more than five months, 15,000 boxes of children's cold medicine and other vital medicines meant for kids in the Gaza Strip have been sitting in a warehouse, awaiting approval from Israeli authorities that never seems to come. Life for Palestinians…...
Photos from Iran, Israel and Lebanon in the 2nd week of the Iran war
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (361+ words) A man holds a poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, during a rally to support him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. Relatives mourn over the flag draped coffin of…...