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Almost 50 million children are returning to public schools, and a group of dairy and nutrition advocates encourage parents and policymakers to remember dairy.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack met with his counterpart in Mexico last week to announce the opening of Mexico to U.S. potato exports by May 15.

The U.S. and China reached a partial agreement Friday that would broker a truce in the trade war and lay groundwork for a broader deal.

EVERETT (AP) — The Washington state Board of Education could lose some of its authority over the state's K-12 public education system under a controversial bill that would transfer some of its responsibilities to the state's new chief of public schools...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Senate has passed a bill that would create grant programs to provide support for a rising number of homeless students. House Bill 1682 passed on a 42-6 vote Thursday, and will head back to the House for consideration because it was amended in the Senate. ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Senate has taken a detour on the road toward meeting the Supreme Court's demand to fix the way the state pays for public schools. The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday evening passed a new approach to dealing with local levy dollars. Law...

SEATTLE (AP) — President Obama is expected today to sign a new U.S. education law co-written by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. Murray says the law will benefit her home state by lifting the punishment the federal government has held over Washington's public schools for the past year...