Lucille Stutesman

Current Position: Olympia Reporter

Lucille Stutesman is our Olympia reporter, working alongside reporter Mitchell Roland from our state Capitol.

Email: lucilles@spokesman.com

Most Recent Stories

News > WA Government

Washington bill would change how sheriffs are removed

Mon., March 2, 2026

The state’s Criminal Justice Training Commission could remove Washington sheriffs not fit to hold office under a bill heard in the House Community Safety Committee on Monday.

News > WA Government

Supreme Court justice to teach at Gonzaga, Seattle U after April retirement

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 25, 2026

Longtime Supreme Court Justice Barbara Madsen will teach state constitutional law at Gonzaga School of Law and Seattle University School of Law after retiring in April.

News > WA Government

WSU president hands out ice cream sandwiches on annual ‘dairy day’ in Olympia

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 18, 2026

Lawmakers, staff and lobbyists got to chow down Wednesday on all things dairy as a part of the annual Dairy Day, which included Grabbers, the iconic Palouse born ice-cream treat.

News > WA Government

An Eastern Washington hospital is overwhelmed with patients seeking the progressive state’s ‘charity care’ policy. They’re from across the border in Idaho

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 17, 2026

A rural hospital along the Idaho border has been feeling the pinch from an influx of people coming from outside Washington who, under state law, can receive free health care there.

News > Transportation

Getting There: When is an e-bike not an e-bike? When the state specifies that it’s an e-motorcycle per a newly proposed law

Tue., Feb. 17, 2026

Electric-powered motorcycles could soon have to play by different rules of the road under a bill advanced by the House Transportation Committee last week.

News > WA Government

Bill would allow paid leave to be shared for state employees detained by immigration enforcement

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 16, 2026

OLYMPIA – State employees may soon be able to share their paid sick leave with coworkers detained or impacted by immigration enforcement actions.

News > WA Government

Spokane Rep. Jenny Graham will not run for re-election

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 16, 2026

Spokane Rep. Jenny Graham will not seek re-election to the statehouse.

Sports > National sports

Estimated crowd of 1 million people pack Seattle streets for Super Bowl parade

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 12, 2026

SEATTLE – As the Seahawks paraded through the streets of Seattle to celebrate their Super Bowl victory, even the sky couldn’t help but shine a bright blue.