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HELENA  (AP) — Four states are suing over the Trump administration's decision to restart the sale of coal leases on federal lands. The attorneys general of California, New Mexico, New York and Washington filed their lawsuit Tuesday in U...

SEATTLE (AP) — A city leader says Seattle's tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition brought in less than $200,000 in its first year. The Seattle Times reports the city previously kept the information confidential to protect taxpayers' privacy...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington state's corrections department has been shuttling prisoners back to the state on airplanes routinely used by Gov. Jay Inslee. The King Air trips have cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. The News Tribune reported Sunday that records show the state used its two State Patrol planes nine times to transport 14 inmates from January 2013 to September 2016...