- Omicron booster rates have "major gaps" (Axios Seattle)
- Gas heating could be restricted in new residential homes in Washington State (KOMO TV)
- Seattleites get creative with gas prices on the rise (MyNorthwest)
- Mortgage rates hit 15-year high (AP/The Oregonian)
- GOP states sue Biden administration over student loan plan (AP)
- Biden cybersecurity chief in Seattle to push ‘cyber storytelling’ (The Seattle Times)
- King County homelessness agency may see modest budget boost (The Seattle Times)
- After years of sewage spills, King County settles tribal lawsuit, agrees to plant upgrades (KUOW Radio)
- Seattle longshore workers keep the container ship industry afloat (The Seattle Times)
- Amazon will close all but one U.S. customer call center (The Seattle Times)
- Bodies, majority of wreckage recovered from Whidbey Island plane crash (The Seattle Times)
- Snoqualmie Tribe says Forterra misled it, feds in $20M grant application (The Seattle Times)
- Cost to get new Washington licenses increase starting Oct. 1 (FOX 13)
- Broadband is coming to rural communities. Will farmers be left behind? (Capital Press)
- Protesters want King County to rethink developing ‘homeless megaplex’ (KIRO TV)
- West Coast dockworker talks imperiled by Seattle labor dispute (The Seattle Times)
- Washington gas prices climb almost 30 cents in a week (The Center Square)
- Our priorities | Real solutions
- Democrats fail to provide meaningful tax relief, despite historic $15 billion budget surplus
- Public safety: The Republican Safe Washington Plan
- Democrats pass partisan transportation package with fee and tax increases
- Emergency powers reform: Restoring balance and trust to state government
- Column: Collapse of WA ferry system hits hardest in San Juan Islands (Alex MacLeod has ridden ferries in Washington state since 1947 and was chair of the San Juan County Ferry Advisory Committee for four years/The Seattle Times)
- Opinion: Expensive climate action plans aren’t always the greenest (Todd Myers, environmental director at the Washington Policy Center/The Spokesman-Review)
- Opinion: Washington’s plastic bag ban is well-intentioned. In reality, it’s been a huge waste (Erin Caldwell is a lawyer at Microsoft/The News Tribune)
- Opinion: California’s power problems should serve as warning for Washington (Sen. Lynda Wilson/The Reflector)
- Editorial: Transparency and the let-California-decide strategy (Capital Press)
House Republican Social Media (some platforms frozen since May 16 due to election-year restrictions)
- Inside Olympia: Bill Edmonds, NW Power and Conservation Council, discusses balancing the Northwest's environment and energy needs. (Sept. 29, 2022)
- The Impact: Expanded charity care implications for patients and hospitals. Guests include Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Washington State Hospital Association CEO Cassie Sauer. (Sept. 28, 2022)
- Inside Olympia: U.S. Attorney for Western Washington Nick Brown (Sept. 22, 2022)
- The Impact: WA State Auditor Pat McCarthy discusses the federal spending audit and new deadly force investigation role (Sept. 21, 2022)
- Inside Olympia: State Veterinarian Dr. Amber Itle discusses protecting animals against disease outbreaks, like the current threat posed by Avian Bird Flu; and Ignacio Marquez, the Yakima-based regional assistant to the director of the WA State Dept. of Agriculture. (Sept. 8, 2022)
House Republican News & Media (frozen since May 16 due to election-year restrictions)
- Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown, aid Ukraine (AP)
- Justice Jackson set for formal swearing-in ahead of court's fall term (Politico)
- Congress barrels toward "extremely busy" lame-duck session (Axios)
- Most Americans living paycheck to paycheck as inflation squeezes (The Hill)
- Fentanyl’s ubiquity inflames America’s drug crisis (The Wall Street Journal)