Google said it wouldn’t run political ads in Washington state after it agreed to settle claims that it violated campaign finance laws. Then dozens more candidates and political committees reported paying Google for political ads.
Read moreThurston County Sheriff John Snaza can’t be recalled over statements he made in a press release saying he would not criminally enforce the state’s Covid-19 mask mandate, the Washington Supreme Court ruled, finding his refusal to do so “was not manifestly unreasonable.”
Read moreAn appeals court in Washington upheld the dismissal of a case brought by 13 people between the ages of 8 and 18 who claim the state’s reliance on fossil fuel-based energy and transportation systems violated their rights. While the judges “firmly believe that the right to a stable environment should be fundamental,” they found they would violate the separation of powers doctrine if they resolved the youths’ claims.
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Snoqualmie tribal offices were closed Friday to honor the death of Chief Andy de los Angeles, who led the tribe’s decades-long effort to re-gain federal recognition. But the fight wasn’t over.
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Officials began clearing a sprawling homeless camp at city hall after protesters broke into the building, occupied the lobby and forced the evacuation of the mayor last week.
Read moreWashington state sued the collegiate sorority Alpha Omicron Pi on Monday for charging University of Washington students $6,000 in rent for sorority housing they could not access or live in because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreFour out of five recall charges filed against Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney are legally sufficient, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled. Fortney stated that he would not enforce Governor Jay Inslee’s Covid-19-related “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” proclamation.
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With the coronavirus spreading faster than it ever has in California, worried officials issued a desperate plea Friday for residents to stop traveling and hold “virtual” Thanksgiving celebrations.
Read moreAn appeals court in Washington affirmed an $18 million penalty imposed against the Grocery Manufacturers Association for violating state campaign-finance laws during a 2013 battle over a ballot initiative that would have required labeling ingredients with genetically modified organisms on all packaged food products.
Read moreThe Washington Supreme Court upheld a ruling in favor of a class of dairy workers who challenged a provision of the state Constitution that exempted agricultural workers from an overtime pay requirement.
Read moreThe Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s timber hunt rule — which permits hunters to use bait and hounds to kill black bears on timberlands — is invalid, an appeals court in the state ruled, remanding for reconsideration the Center for Biological Diversity’s claim the department arbitrarily and capriciously adopted the rule.
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Scientists removed 98 so-called murder hornets from a nest discovered near the Canadian border in Washington state over the weekend, including 13 that were captured live in a net, the state Department of Agriculture said Monday.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Scientists have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit revived a suit brought by a group of landowners against the U.S. over a brush fire, which burned thousands of acres, that ignited during an Army training exercise at the Yakima Training Center in Washington. There were discrepancies in witness statements as to the weather and conditions updates a commander received on the day of the fire.
Read moreAn appeals court in Washington revived a challenge to a Seattle ordinance that regulates the storage of firearms, requiring them to be secured in a locked container. The plaintiffs, two gun owners and two gun rights groups, can bring their challenge under the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act.
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On a cloudy morning a decade ago, Rick Desautel turned himself in for illegally killing an elk that roamed his ancestral hunting grounds. That day, he intentionally launched a decade of legal wrangling that on Thursday landed him in the Supreme Court of Canada.
Read moreA federal judge denied a mining company’s motion to dismiss Washington state’s claims that it violated the Clean Water Act. The state has plausibly shown the corporation continues to discharge pollutants into the groundwater instead of maintaining a “capture zone” for pollutants.
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Agricultural officials in Washington state said Friday they are trying to find and destroy a nest of Asian giant hornets believed to be near a small town amid concerns the hornets could kill honey bees crucial for pollinating raspberry and blueberry crops.
Read moreIn a public records dispute, a federal court in Washington denied anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s motion to decertify a class of individuals whose names are contained in University of Washington documents that relate to the purchase, transfer or procurement of fetal tissue.
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