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WA state Senate OKs gas tax hike and budget built on billions of new taxes
A divided Washington state Senate on Saturday approved a hike in the state’s gas tax and a two-year budget that hinges on ...
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Weather Eye: March goes out like a lion; weekend looks mild
Although the last day of March wasn’t all that bad weather-wise, it still felt like winter with blustery winds, cool ...
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Europe says that it holds a lot of trade cards on the eve of Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’
A top European Union official warned the U.S. on Tuesday that the world’s biggest trade bloc “holds a lot of cards” when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration’s new tariffs ...
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FDA’s top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency’s leadership
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as sweeping cuts hit the agency and staffers across the federal health workforce Tuesday.
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Proposed ban on flavored tobacco products is revived in WA Legislature
The ban on selling flavored e-cigarettes, also called vapes, and nicotine products, like menthol cigarettes, would begin July 1, 2027. The sale of nicotine pouches, like Zyn, to patrons under age 21 ...
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Germany sees Ukraine truce efforts as deadlocked, while China says the talks are encouraging
Germany’s chief diplomat on Tuesday described U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine as deadlocked, while China’s ...
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Pokemon Go’s Vancouver Arena brings players out on the town — and from out of town
Hundreds of men, women and children descended on Fort Vancouver National Historic Site March 22 to traverse its trails and sidewalks on a glorious, rain-free afternoon— all while staring at their phon ...
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Clark County Councilor Michelle Belkot files suit over her ouster from C-Tran board
Clark County Councilor Michelle Belkot filed suit Friday in Skamania County Superior Court against the county and fellow Councilor Wil Fuentes over her removal from C-Tran’s board of directors in Marc ...
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Clark College Jazz Band trip to Cuba halted by feds one day before students were to leave
The federal government denied Clark College’s Jazz Ensemble permission to travel to Cuba one day before the group was scheduled to leave.
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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaks through the night to protest Trump’s agenda
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump's agenda into Tuesday morning.
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A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada is testing Republican support
With President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the tes ...
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Stock market today: Wall Street falls as data suggests the trade war is hurting manufacturers
U.S. stocks are falling Tuesday following weaker-than-expected reports on the economy. Uncertainty is also still high about just what President Donald Trump will announce about tariffs ...