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The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, which is one of the largest immigrant detention facilities in the western U.S. (Photo by Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)

TACOMA — Washington state health inspectors have

An effort to recall Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is ending after the governor filled two vacancies on the state Public Disclosure Commission. Ferguson, seen here at his 2026 State of the State address, installed two commissioners within three weeks of the filing of the recall petition. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard.)

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State Sen. Sam Hunt, seen here on the Senate floor, died Saturday at the age of 83. (Photo courtesy of Legislative Support Services)

Longtime state lawmaker Sam Hunt, who represented Olympia in the Washington Legislature, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. He was 83. 

Hunt served 16 years in the state House, before movi...

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announces a lawsuit against Albertsons on Monday, April 27, 2026, in Seattle. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)

SEATTLE — Washington state on Monday sued Albertsons over allegations it has been overcharging customers for years via buy one, get one free offers. 

Attorney G...

Republican Robert Sutherland, pictured at a 2018 gun rights rally in Seattle, served in the state House from 2019-23 is trying to win an open seat and return to the Washington Legislature next year. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

Former state representative Robert Sutherland, a conservative Republican whose brashness and spread of election c...