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News > WA Government

State cuts $1 million of WSU budget, less than originally expected

Sat., March 21, 2026

Cuts to Washington State University will not be as deep as previously thought under the supplemental budget the Washington Legislature recently passed.

News > WA Government

Legislator to introduce resolution honoring late coach after Colfax basketball championship

UPDATED: Tue., March 10, 2026

A perfect resolution to cap off a perfect season.

News > Higher education

WSU to give athletics $20 million to patch projected budget shortfall

UPDATED: Fri., March 6, 2026

Washington State University will divert $20 million to its athletics program to correct an expected budget shortfall caused by a decrease in money coming from media rights.

News > WA Government

Washington bill would change how sheriffs are removed

UPDATED: Tue., March 3, 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.

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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.

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