Associated Press

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against a florist who refused to provide wedding flowers to a same-sex couple.

The complaint was filed in Benton County on Tuesday against Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene's Flowers and Gifts in Richland

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YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that a tobacco manufacturer owned by a Yakama Nation tribal member must pay into an escrow account established under a 1998 settlement with big tobacco companies

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SEATTLE (AP) — An amendment that would have allowed bosses to ask for a worker's Facebook or other social media password during company investigations has been withdrawn for now.

The provision was proposed on Tuesday for a Senate bill that safeguards social network passwords of workers and job applicants

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Police say an elderly woman grabbed a gun to protect herself when a man broke into her house early Wednesday in Spokane.

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SEATTLE (AP) — A new provision could allow employers to ask for a worker's Facebook or other social media password during company investigations. The provision is a proposed amendment for a bill that bars employers from asking for social media credentials during job interviews. The

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SEATTLE (AP) — The man who is trying to bring the NBA's Sacramento Kings to Seattle says fans have requested 44,000 season tickets in the event the team actually relocates. Hedge fund manager Chris Hansen had urged Seattle fans to join a "priority ticket waitlist" to show the NBA how strong support is for bringing professional men's basketball back to the city and calls the result "nothing short of stunning

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NACHES, Wash. (AP) — State and federal biologists plan to euthanize wild bighorn sheep in the Naches area to curb the spread of a deadly pneumonia outbreak.

Richard Harris of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says biologists will spend the next several weeks removing sheep from the Tieton herd, about 10 miles west of Naches

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SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee wants the state Liquor Control Board to figure out how to stop the spread of bars that allow patrons to consume marijuana on site.

Voters last fall legalized marijuana for adults over 21, but Initiative 502 prohibits the public use of marijuana

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SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities have completed evacuations of 34 homes that were damaged, isolated or threatened by a mudslide early Wednesday about 50 miles north of Seattle in Puget Sound.

Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue Chief Ed Hartin says a man escaped from one home that was knocked off its foundation, and he was evacuated by a rescue crew in an all-terrain vehicle

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SEATTLE (AP) — A state audit has found that Central Washington University violated the intent of the law when it charged $1.3 million in administrative expenses to a fund meant for student activities

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