Several of the latest bills pre-filed for the coming 2026 legislative session have the potential to expand or increase business and occupation, or B&O, taxes, according to fiscal think tank Washington Research Council.
The legal team behind a lawsuit against some of Eastern Oregon’s biggest agricultural businesses is headed back to court with a new case over drinking water pollution.
The Bonneville Power Administration is withholding $50 million in funds for the Yakama Nation’s salmon recovery efforts in the Columbia River basin, ostensibly over the resumption of litigation by those opposed to four hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners and two state lawmakers will hold a public meeting Dec. 10 to start an “urgent regional discussion” after recent fatal crashes on Highway 395 north of Pasco.
Gov. Bob Ferguson has approved a 1,300-acre solar farm in south-central Washington, over the protests of the Yakama Nation, calling the project a “win for our state.”
A contractor with offices in Pasco has been fined by the state Department of Labor & Industries after a 3,000-pound piece of equipment fell and crushed a worker at a southwest Washington jobsite.
The long-operating packaging manufacturing plant in Wallula will cut 200 jobs by the end of March 2026 as it permanently shutters part of the facility to cut production costs.
