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Thompson leads 13th District race, plans focus on costs, access
EPHRATA — Joshua Thompson led Deanna Martinez by 3,278 votes for the 13th Legislative District’s state representat…
Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily Game' game
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
Bar sued for $2.1M for over-serving man who killed 2
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The estate of a man who was killed in a drunken driving crash in 2017 and a crash victim who survived are suing the Prineville bar that over-served driver Justin Bittick.
Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
Wrongly convicted men testify before Idaho lawmakers
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two men who combined spent nearly 40 years in Idaho prisons for crimes they didn't commit testified Tuesday in favor of legislation that would compensate the wrongly convicted.
Seattle councilwoman charged over work toward 'Amazon tax'
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s elections watchdog has charged a city councilwoman with violating the law by using her office to promote a potential ballot measure that would tax Amazon and other large companies to pay fo…
Appeals court won't reconsider inmate's gender surgery case
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has become the first circuit in the nation to order a state to pay for an inmate's gender confirmation surgery, ruling Monday that a three-judge panel decis…
Man to plead guilty to helping suspect in deputy shooting
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of aiding the escape of the suspected shooter of a southwestern Washington deputy is set to change his plea to guilty.
Price worries remain after judge OKs T-Mobile's Sprint deal
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has cleared a major path for T-Mobile to buy Sprint for $26.5 billion, citing T-Mobile's track record in promoting competition, even as legal scholars and consumer advocates warn abo…
Commissioner: Officials overzealous in Iranian border stops
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan said Tuesday that border officials in Washington state “got a little overzealous” when they detained Iranian and Iranian-American tr…
Correction: College Grant Funding story
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In a story February 10, 2020, about college grant funding, The Associated Press erroneously reported the rate of taxation certain businesses pay was increasing to 1.75 percent from 1.5%. Busin…
Committee delays vote on 1-year freeze on property taxes
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation aimed at reducing property taxes drew so many people wanting to speak that a House panel ran out of time Tuesday and delayed voting.
Agency to collect intended tax after typo in ballot measure
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state agency can collect its intended property tax to pay for emergency dispatching services after a typographical error in a levy ballot measure lowered the amount, a judge said.
Appeal next in fight to end compulsory bar association dues
A New Orleans lawyer is heading to a federal appeals court with his claim that Louisiana lawyers are unconstitutionally required to join and pay dues to the state bar association.
Settlement means jewelry shop will give refunds to customers
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jewelry shop has won a dispute with an insurance company and a weather laboratory over the amount of snow that fell during a holiday marketing promotion.
Critics decry proposed cuts in Hanford nuclear cleanup plan
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Advocates for cleaning up a former nuclear weapons production site in Washington state are outraged that the Trump administration is proposing a $700 million budget cut next year.