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Wenatchee World
A seat in Congress will be open in the 2026 election in Washington’s 4th Congressional District, which covers most of Central Washington. U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse announced Wednesday morning that he will not seek reelection.
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Loren Benoit / Wenatchee WorldWhether states can dole out full benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is unclear after the U.S Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration to temporarily block funding for food stamps, shortly after funding returned. -
Simone / Adobe StockWashington State Attorney General Nick Brown has joined a coalition of 18 other attorneys general and New York City in calling for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to immediately publish a rule that would expand language accessibility for government emergency alerts. They sent a letter to the FCC last Friday. -
Megan Farmer/KUOWA federal program that helps young people from migrant families attend college abruptly halted this year after the Trump administration eliminated funding for migrant education.
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The Trump administration is making unprecedented demands of colleges in the Northwest and across the country. -
The government shutdown means Hanford — the nation’s largest environmental cleanup site — gets more complicated, quickly. -
Thousands in Portland and across the Pacific Northwest take part in the national "No Kings 2.0" protests Saturday. It's the third nationwide protest against President Donald Trump this year. -
"No Kings 2.0" protests are planned in cities big and small across the Northwest. -
The battle over letting voters decide on a higher minimum wage and new workplace protections in Tacoma continues.Now, the city is challenging a Sept. 9 order from a Pierce County superior court judge to put the initiative on the February special election ballot. The city filed a notice to appeal the court’s decision on Friday. -
A grey sky hangs over the Snake River on a dreary August Saturday. Dozens of people in kayaks, canoes and on paddle boards have been paddling for an hour… -
The Trump administration has proposed a55% cut to the National Science Foundation.U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, of Washington, and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen,… -
udges across the country have issued temporary orders for the federal government to restore student records in a database known as the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System, or SEVIS, according to a report from NPR. -
(Runtime :58) Four students at the University of Idaho and three students at Washington State University are among students nationwide who are having… -
(Runtime 2:47) At one of the largest blueberry farms in the U.S., there are rows and rows of bushes to the horizon. “This variety here is Draper,” said…
