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Let’s Go Washington prepares to gather signatures for income tax repeal effort

May 10, 2026
Jake Goldstein-Street

The conservative political committee Let’s Go Washington plans to soon begin gathering signatures as part of its push to overturn the state’s new income tax on high earners. 


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Another court ruling blocks Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs

May 10, 2026
Ashley Murray

President Donald Trump’s trade agenda faced another major setback when the U.S. Court of International Trade handed a win to two small businesses and the state of Washington after they challenged the president’s 10% global tariffs, imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous emergency tariff regime. 


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Healthcare costs top of mind for voters as midterms approach, survey finds

May 7, 2026
Jennifer Shutt

Voters, including those within the Make America Healthy Again movement, say the rising cost of healthcare is a significant concern that will have an impact on whom they support in November’s midterm elections, according to a recent poll. 


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Temporary irrigation cutoff coming for many Kennewick residents

May 3, 2026
TCAJOB Staff

Nearly all customers of Kennewick Irrigation District will be without irrigation water for up to 10 days as the pumping facility that supplies its canals undergoes repairs. 


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New bus line to link Tri-Cities and Spokane

April 30, 2026
TCAJOB Staff

If you’re tired of getting behind the wheel to get up to and back from the greater Spokane region, you now have an option to kick back and let someone else do the driving for you. 


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Looking to buy or sell your boat? Act quick to avoid new state tax

April 30, 2026
TCAJOB Staff

If you’re thinking about buying a boat to spend the coming summer on the Columbia River, you have until July 1 to avoid a new state sales tax. 


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Pasco to consider new additional sales tax

April 30, 2026
TCAJOB Staff

The Pasco City Council will consider on May 4 whether to impose a new 0.1% sales tax to pay for maintaining its roads, further securing its position in the region as the municipality with the highest overall sales tax rate. 


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Tri-Cities VA clinic site selected

April 28, 2026
Ty Beaver

The federal government has selected the site for a long-planned VA outpatient clinic and filed plans for a 124,000- to 130,000-square-foot facility that would be staffed by nearly 50 doctors and dentists and employ as many as 250 people. 


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Settlement reached in Walla Walla gas station leak

April 28, 2026
Ty Beaver

The owners of a Walla Walla Chevron gas station have reached a settlement with state ecology officials regarding penalties and cleanup costs for a 2023 gasoline leak that contaminated groundwater and led to the evacuation of the historic Marcus Whitman Hotel. 


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Voters pass Pasco school levy

April 28, 2026
Ty Beaver

Second time was the charm for Pasco School District to secure voter approval for renewal of its operations levy. 


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