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Direct File, an electronic system for filing returns directly to the IRS for free, is now available for taxpayers from selected states, including Washington.
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The Wall Street Journal reports Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on a plane this January.
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Lawmakers in at least seven states are taking big legislative swings to regulate artificial intelligence systems as they have been found to discriminate based on race, gender or more.
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Voters in Washington state might put former President Donald Trump over the top in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. President Joe Biden is also on the ballot in Washington.
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The Seattle Sounders, the Vancouver Whitecaps and the San Jose Earthquakes joined that fold in 1974. All three MLS clubs are celebrating a 50-year milestone.
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A conservative-backed effort to repeal the state's carbon pricing program will put $2.1 billion at stake with just days left in this year’s Legislative session.
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No. 19 Washington State's recent eight-game winning streak has given the program a chance to win its first Pac-12 men's basketball regular season title since 1941.
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The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington have signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest.
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The decision comes three months after several county election offices received envelopes containing suspicious powders and had to be evacuated.
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Officer Kevin Dave will not face felony charges for striking and killing Jaahnavi Kandulaa, a graduate student from India while responding to an overdose call.