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(Runtime 3:31)By Phineas Pope and Susan ShainPhineas Pope: Walla Walla County has found permanent housing for 74% of the people who exited its homeless…

By Emma Maple | FāVS NewsThe Idaho state Legislature is currently embroiled in an ideological battle on whether to allow health care professionals and…

(Runtime 3:31)Robots have taken over the STEM room at Marcus Whitman Elementary School in Richland, Washington.Little Lego boats, sunken ships and other…

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By Tom Banse, Washington State StandardWashington State Ferries riders got a dose of good news for a change on Thursday. The head of state ferries and…

(Runtime 5:43)By Phineas Pope and Lauren GallupPhineas Pope: In Washington State, decisions on the use of technology in the workplace have been made by…

(Runtime 0:58)About 100 students gathered at Washington State University on Wednesday to protest executive orders from the Trump administration aimed at…

There are only so many things employees get to have a say over in their jobs. Which laptops or messaging app your office uses might not be your call. For a while, decisions on the use of technology in the workplace have been up to management for public workers in Washington state, thanks to a law passed in 2002. But now, some lawmakers want to pass an exemption that would allow public sector employees to bargain on one broad and ever-changing technology — artificial intelligence.

(Runtime 1:01)Last year, the city of Walla Walla spent more than $900,000 on transaction fees for credit and debit cards. That’s out of a total budget of…

By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News NetworkKeeping people in Washington’s prisons has gotten more expensive in recent years. The state is one of several…