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President Barack Obama has signed the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2014 into law. The bill authorizes appropriations for the National Integrated Drought Information System through fiscal year 2018 and requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to report to Congress on the implementation of the system ... Read More ...

Washington state took another step closer to being one of the only states in the nation to place privacy protections around the use of unmanned surveillance aircraft by state agencies. Commonly referred to as the "drone bill," Engrossed House Bill 2789 passed the Senate Friday evening as one of the last bills before a cutoff deadline...

U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Michael Froman says that both the Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement are extremely important to trade here in the Pacific Northwest.

According to a USDA study using wild bison deemed free of cattle disease from Yellowstone National Park to establish new herds across the American West could be done without posing a risk to livestock.

The Yakima City Council will hold a special meeting at 9:30 a.m. Friday to talk about the possibility of sharing tax dollars made by the state marijuana sales.

Some say Congress will not actually get around to working on tax reform until 2017 but the House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp has unveiled a new tax reform proposal.

The Yakima City Council continues work to clean up the landfill portion of the former mill site along I-82.

A bipartisan group of Senators is urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to negotiate a comprehensive and acceptable agreement with Japan that will increase market access for all agricultural products as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks.

The Obama Administration plans to give Congress reason to approve Trade Promotion Authority by negotiating a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement they can’t pass up.

The Mayor of Yakima wants a new job as Micah Cawley says he'll announce his candidacy for Yakima County Auditor Tuesday.