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Two key figures behind the initiative effort, financial backer Brian Heywood (left) and Washington State Republican Party chair Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen), helped drop off petitions at the Secretary of State's office in Tumwater last fall in order to qualify the initiatives for ballot consideration in 2024. At least 325,516 registered Washington voters needed to sign the petitions in order for them to move forward.

The 6 voter initiatives likely heading to Washington ballots this fall, explained

Here's a quick-start guide about the unprecedented slate of Washington initiatives aiming to repeal a major climate policy, kill a tax on some of the state's richest residents, and more.

Biden forgives more than $6 billion in loans for 317,000 Art Institutes students

President Biden announced the relief for attendees of the now-shuttered art schools, saying they "falsified data, knowingly misled students, and cheated borrowers into taking on mountains of debt."

A Minnesota judge has ruled that probable cause exists to support the charge of second-degree manslaughter against former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter, pictured above, in the killing of Daunte Wright.

Judge Eyes Dec. 6 Trial Date For Ex-Cop Charged In Daunte Wright Killing

A Minnesota judge says there is enough probable cause for a trial to proceed against Kim Potter, who faces second-degree manslaughter for shooting Wright during a traffic stop in April.

Rudolph Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Trump attorneys Jenna Ellis, far left, and Sydney Powell, second from left, and Boris Boris Epshteyn, right, also appear.

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Rudy Giuliani and other lawyers tied to false election claims

The panel wants to hear from lawyers who advanced former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.

Former aide said Trump tried to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6 in latest hearing

A former White House aide said Trump planned to visit the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. When staff stopped those plans Trump attempted to grab the steering wheel of the presidential limousine.

Oregon Senate Republican leader Sen. Tim Knopp seats between Senate Majority Leader Kate Lieber, left, and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Steiner, during a hearing on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, of the Senate Committee on Rules in Salem, Ore. Republican senators have been boycotting Senate floor sessions since May 3 over bills on abortion, gender care and gun control, but there's hope the longest walkout in Oregon history will end soon amid ongoing talks between Republican and Democratic legislative leaders.

Oregon GOP senators end 6-week walkout after new agreements on abortion, gun bills

Republican senators have ended the longest walkout in the history of the Oregon Legislature, which held up key bills for six weeks.

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