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Attorney General Bob Ferguson's Pension Poacher Prevention Act passed the Legislature with strong bipartisan support on March 10. This measure addresses the growing problem of "pension poachers" who try to scam elderly veterans.

The White House is launching a campaign to promote a host of economic issues facing women, a key voting bloc in this year's midterm election.

New Medicaid enrollments are coming in faster than people buying insurance coverage through Washington's Healthplanfinder.

The Washington Native Plant Society and the cities of Kenmore, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Seatac and the King Conservation District are offering ecological restoration stewardship training this spring.

Salvador Mendoza, Jr., who could become the first Latino federal judge in Eeastern Washington, got his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

Recently, Joe Pakootas announced his candidacy for the fifth congressional district seat in the state of Washington.

Last fall, the state crushed a record 210,000 tons of wine grapes, of which 42,600 were cabernet sauvignon.

Where there is life, there is risk. That's not some insightful quotation, it's just a fact.

Marcie Sillman talks with Steve McCullough, superintendent of Curlew School District , about the lack of adequate Internet access in the small, northeastern Washington town.

Transparency was the issue of the day as Washington state lawmakers considered a series of bills related to health care on Monday, just a few days before the close of the legislative session in Olympia.

Lilly's Septic System Service and owner, Darren McCullough, Washington septic tank pumping authority, are proud to announce that they provide full services for septic tanks repair and maintenance tasks.

POLICE ACROSS THE AREA ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS WOMAN. THERE'S A SILVER ALERT FOR ANNA L GIBSON.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., left, checks her phone during a meeting of the Senate Climate Action Task Force prior to taking to the Senate Floor all night to urge action on climate change on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Washington.

I remember vividly the time a wine sales rep. told me he didn't like Washington wine in general.

With the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, as well as other states considering it, it was only a matter of time before the other aspects of the weed were explored, such as its scent.

This past weekend while the cool people were out skiing deep powder or wing-suiting off the summit of Mount Rainier, a certain collection of nerds was at the annual meeting of the Washington Coalition for Open Government .

So much rain and snow has fallen across Washington state in recent weeks that there's little chance of a statewide drought being declared this year, water supply experts said Monday.

The spring of 1942 was a perilous time for Americans, caught, as they were, in a new war.

That's up 9 cents in a week and 23 cents in a month. It's 6 cents higher than the national average.

What would America's most insightful strategist of Russia make of the invasion of Crimea? A new collection of his diaries reveals much about the man and his fine mind.