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SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington state Sen. Don Benton has been tapped to head the U.S. Selective Service System. The White House announced the pending nomination on Monday, The Seattle Times reported . Benton, a Republican from Vancouver who was an early supporter of President Donald Trump, had previously served as a "senior adviser" between Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A state senator who has been juggling his legislative duties while working in the Trump administration has collected nearly $6,000 from the state in daily expense allowances so far this session. Sen. Doug Ericksen, a Republican from Ferndale, has been splitting time between Olympia and a temporary job with the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D...

SEATTLE (AP) — Three dozen members of Congress are calling on President Donald Trump not to eliminate money for Puget Sound and other bodies of water. U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer, Denny Heck and Dave Reichert, all of Washington, are among those who signed a bipartisan letter to the president Tuesday...

SEATTLE (AP) — State officials, environmental advocates and others are warning of dire environmental and economic consequences if President Donald Trump's cuts to Puget Sound and other environmental programs go through as proposed. The Environmental Protection Agency's funding for Puget Sound — about $28 million last year — would be gutted under Trump's budget blueprint released Thursday... Read M

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Former Washington state Sen. Don Benton will be staying on at the Environmental Protection Agency as the agency's senior White House adviser. The EPA's acting administrator, Catherine McCabe, announced the news in a video message to employees this week...

Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee suspend committee rules and approve the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Democrats on the panel did not show up for a second straight day Thursday, and the GOP majority voted 11-0 to send the nomination of Pruitt to the full Senate for a vote...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Republican Sen. Doug Ericksen is doing double duty this week, juggling his temporary position with the administration of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. and his state Senate obligations. The challenges he faces were on display Wednesday, when he had to cancel a morning news conference he had scheduled in Olympia to discuss how he's handling his dual roles...

SEATTLE (AP) — Two Republican state legislators from Washington have been chosen by President Donald Trump to help reshape the Environmental Protection Agency. The Seattle Times reports that former state Sen. Don Benton, of Vancouver, and state Sen...

After the longest search for a USDA chief in modern history, President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as Ag Secretary. The longtime rural agribusinessman who originally trained as a veterinarian. The 70-year old Perdue served two terms as governor, from 2003 to 2011, and was an original member of Trump's ag advisory team, announced in August...

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has criticized as "inadequate" a draft study the Army Corps of Engineers did on a proposed coal-export project in Washington state. The EPA says the corps' draft environmental review is "flawed" because it fails to take a hard look at potential environmental impacts, such as air quality, rail traffic and climate change.