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MAGA is a big drag on the Washington GOP, even in red parts of the state

SEATTLE — Chad Magendanz is a computer science teacher who was noodling around with some numbers the other day, and he could scarcely believe what the screen was telling him. He's also a Republican, from Issaquah. So it happened he was looking into some local election data. "It's quite surprising," he told me. "I think these results are a strong signal of where politics is headed in this ...
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Will WA reach its climate goals? New report shows big step forward, followed by setback

Jan. 8—Washington took a big step toward meeting its long-term carbon emissions goals in 2020, according to a new report released by the Washington State Department of Ecology. A 2008 law required the state to lower its carbon emissions to 1990 levels — 93.9 million metric tons — by 2020. Not only did the state hit its emissions goal, it measured 88.3 million metric tons, 6% lower than the ...
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Timeline: Cathy McMorris Rodgers through the years

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is leaving Congress at the end of 2024 after 20 years representing Eastern Washington in the U.S. House of Representatives and a political career that has spanned three decades. After working as an aide to state Rep. Bob Morton, she took over his seat at age 24 and rose to become House Republican leader in Olympia before winning a seat in Congress in 2004.
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It would be Pierce County’s largest geoduck farm. Locals fought it. Now the state decides

Dec. 26—The question of whether the longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer. Burley Lagoon, a body of saltwater that connects under the Purdy Bay Bridge to Henderson Bay, has been a site for shellfish cultivation since the 1930s, beginning with a farm operated by Tyee Oyster Company. It's now managed by Taylor Shellfish Farms, a giant in ...