WA shifted (slightly) right in 2024, though many counties moved left
Adjacent Clallam County, home to Port Angeles, had the second biggest shift to the left among Washington counties. Clallam is also a reliably Democratic county, though not nearly as blue as Jefferson.
Trump ignores transition rules. It’s a ‘hostile takeover,’ ally says.
Donald Trump’s transition team has begun what a close ally calls a hostile takeover of the federal government, ignoring the ...
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Voters strongly rejecting measure to repeal landmark Washington climate law
Washington voters on Tuesday were overwhelmingly rejecting a ballot measure to repeal a controversial law that’s generated billions of dollars from polluters to fund the state’s fight against ...
Majority makers: Guide to GOP leadership elections in the Senate and House
GOP leadership elections in both chambers will chart a course for how Republicans will seek to work with President-elect ...
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Voters sign off on minimum wage increases, paid leave initiatives on Election Day
Washington state voters rejected a proposal that would have allowed employees and self-employed individuals to opt out of paying state payroll tax as well as receiving benefits from the WA Care ...
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Washington State Voters Keep Public Long-Term Care Insurance
Voters in Washington State have decided to keep the state’s first-in-the-nation public long term care insurance program. On Tuesday, they easily rejected a ballot initiative that would have ...
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Voters approve most abortion-rights measures in flurry of ballot initiatives
And in Washington state, voters preserved the state’s cap-and-trade program, which forces polluters to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions and invests the proceeds into clean energy and ...
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Washington state voters saved their carbon market — and buoyed others
Voters easily defeated a ballot measure Tuesday seeking to kill the Washington state carbon market. Other states might start their own markets. The overwhelming defeat Tuesday of a Washington ...
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Voters split on I-2066 in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Early returns show Washington state voters are split on Initiative 2066. Votes to approve I-2066 are at 51% as of 10 p.m. Tuesday, while votes against the initiative are at 49%.
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Washington voters uphold the state’s pioneering climate law
On Tuesday, voters in Washington state decisively upheld a landmark climate law that created a cap-and-invest program that has raised billions of dollars for clean energy and electrification ...
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Washington state voters may have just saved our long-term-care future
Deep in the 2024 election results, there’s a failed ballot initiative in the state of Washington that may be only a footnote to the major changes under way — but it’s one that could end up ...
Nick Brown wins Washington attorney general race
Initial results show Nick Brown (D) is leading against Pete Serrano (R) in the race for Attorney General in Washington with ...