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1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · JERRY CORNFIELD and ASPEN FORD Washington State Standard

   Reykdal seeks $2B infusion for Washington public schools in next budget (opens the original)

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   The leader of Washington’s public school system on Thursday outlined his multibillion-dollar budget request he says is needed to ensure the state meets its legal obligations to fund basic education for more than 1 million students. Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal wants Gov. Bob Ferguson and state lawmakers to provide nearly $2 billion more for public schools in the 2027-29 budget that they will write in the coming legislative session. Of the total, $1.2 billion is needed to

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2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard file

   Developmental disabilities program for Washington families to be cut, but not ended (opens the original)

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   Washington state officials are keeping a longstanding program seen as vital to parents of children with developmental disabilities, but cutting its funding, ending weeks of unease about its future. The state Department of Social and Health Services is trimming the Parent to Parent program by 10%, but won’t eliminate it as was feared this summer. Its budget for the next year is around $877,000. “I wish we hadn’t received a cut at all, but it certainly could have been worse,” said Tracie H

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3. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard

   ‘Government edit’? Two lawsuits challenge state’s description of Washington income tax measure (opens the original)

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   Legal wrangling on the income tax initiative could reach the state’s high court before Washington voters consider it this November. Sponsors of Initiative 645 on Monday formally contested a statement drafted by state attorneys that says the initiative would decrease funding for Washington’s budget, saying it “is inaccurate and would create prejudice against the measure if it were allowed to be placed on the ballot.” Lawyers for Let’s Go Washington argued in a petition filed in Thurston

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4. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · JERRY CORNFIELD and JAKE GOLDSTEIN-STREET Washington State Standard

   DOJ threatens Washington's election officials with prosecution if noncitizens vote (opens the original)

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   Federal authorities on Tuesday threatened Washington state election officials with criminal prosecution if they fail to prevent noncitizens from voting in this year’s federal elections. In a seven-page letter, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon warned the election officers that they could be held criminally liable if they knowingly retain noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls or facilitate noncitizens in receiving and casting ballots. Dhillon sent similar letters to several sta

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