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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump's administration is targeting tech giant Microsoft, suspending the company from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the United States to live and work using an H-1B visa.
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(The Center Square) - Republican state Sen. John Braun and Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez met in a debate Wednesday night and clashed over the war in Iran, health care, taxes, immigration, election rules and the economy.
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(The Center Square) - Firefighters pushed back Tuesday against cuts in the proposed Seattle city budget that would close firehouses to help address an estimated $175 million budget gap next year.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Nearly a year after the Tacoma Urban League, a Black community advocacy organization, first placed its CEO on paid administrative leave, the organization has officially cut ties with Desireé Wilkins Finch amid allegations of improper use of funding.
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(The Center Square) - Spokane City Council members are offering differing assessments of the city's new public safety strategy, with one calling the plan a positive step while another questions whether it will bring significant changes to policing.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Overall crime in the city of Spokane fell more than 22% between 2019 and 2025, with property crime dropping by more than a quarter, according to a new Spokane Police Department report.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday in the case of a Puyallup high-school wrestler who was unknowingly forced to face a male opponent who identifies as female in a match last year.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - A state advisory group continues to grapple with the technical complexities of Washington state's newly enacted income tax, as the measure faces a ballot challenge.
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Reporting from Just the News
Van Rootselaar is believed to be the perpetrator behind two shootings in February. The shootings occurred at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a nearby residence, which resulted in the deaths of eight people and dozens injured.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Paramount Skydance has officially closed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing two of America’s oldest movie studios together under one company now known as Skydance.
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