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Researchers in the Klamath Basin are studying new barley varieties that can adapt to climate change and potentially benefit breweries, craft beer producers and malting companies.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is expected to take the high court in a more conservative direction on a range of issues, including the Clean Water Act.

The Patriot Post reports that on Monday the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a unanimous Washington State Supreme Court ruling that a florist violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws by refusing on religious grounds to provide a floral arrangement for a same-sex wedding.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's travel ban. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled 10-3 against the travel ban...

OLYMPIA  (AP) — Washington lawmakers have adjourned their first special session but were immediately called back into overtime by Gov. Jay Inslee. The second special session started Tuesday, immediately after adjournment of the first one...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The White House is blasting a federal judge's decision Tuesday blocking President Trump's attempt to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that do not cooperate with U.S. immigration officials. But they say they're confident they'll prevail in the Supreme Court...

SEATTLE (AP) — The chief justice of the Washington state Supreme Court is urging the Department of Homeland Security to keep immigration agents away from courthouses. In a letter Wednesday to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst says it's "deeply troubling" that lawyers and judges have been telling her they've seen more immigration agents in and around cou

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A panel of federal appellate court judges will hear arguments in the pitched fight over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban in a case headed for a possible final face-off at the Supreme Court. The San Francisco-based 9th U...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a long-shot appeal from the Washington Redskins challenging a law that bars offensive trademarks. But the justices could still resolve the same issue in another case the court took up last week...

SEATTLE (AP) — The plaintiffs who sued the state over the way Washington pays for K-12 schools says in their annual check-in with the Supreme Court that it's time to enforce the constitution. In a brief filed Tuesday afternoon, they criticize the Legislature for its lack of progress toward fully paying for basic education...