Government

Washington wants to plug in to the next thing in fuel: hydrogen

The state hopes to secure up to $2 billion in federal funding to produce hydrogen fuel as a substitute for petroleum-based gasoline.

More Washington renters are being overcharged for damages, advocates say, and there’s little tenants can do about it

Flush with federal cash, WA cities steer resources to police

Justice reform advocates have been disappointed by choices to spend flexible federal recovery funds on items such as tasers and new police cruisers.

Questions about Oregon-Idaho boundary, taxes, tobacco and guns on local ballots

Oregon adopting rules to protect workers from excessive heat and wildfire smoke

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

Justice Alito’s leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist who conceived the notion that husbands can’t be prosecuted for raping their wives

Dozens of companies that defied Covid mandates are fighting nearly $1 million in fines

Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests