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SEATTLE (AP) — Residents of a community on the Oregon coast are considering whether to try to derail a fossil fuel export project in their rural county, a decision that could put them at odds with the Trump administration. The ballot measure before Coos County voters Tuesday would block the $7...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A superior court judge has ruled that a ballot measure that would create an income tax for some city of Olympia residents was invalid and would not appear on the November ballot. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Jack Nevin, presiding in a Thurston County courtroom, ruled Wednesday that the measure — which sought a 1...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Supporters of raising Washington state's minimum have turned in more than 360,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure that seeks to incrementally increase the state's rate over the next four years to $13.50 an hour...