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Gov. Jay Inslee is rebuffing calls to rethink the states insistence on building new electric ferries even as leading candidates to succeed him are saying theyd consider buying diesel vessels

The Washington state primary is still more than three months away, but Democrats are making clear which of their candidates running for governor they will support. There’s no official …

“Remarkable and historic” or a “chaotic clown show"? There were dramatically different takes from the two Republican candidates for governor on how last weekend’s state …

Grasping for greater name recognition among voters and to cement his place as the moderate alternative in the governor’s contest, Washington state Sen. Mark Mullet is taking swings at fellow Democrat and presumed frontrunner, Attorney General Bob Ferguson. In his first television ad, Mullet jabs Ferguson for his calling in 2021 for the elimination of […] The post Heating up: Mullet goes after Ferguson for once backing drug decriminalization appeared first on Washington State Standa...

(The Center Square) – “Remarkable and historic” or a “chaotic clown show"?

(The Center Square) - Another Washington state lawmaker has announced plans not to seek reelection.

States are on the front lines of a rapidly spreading new form of peer sexual exploitation and harassment in schools. Boys across the United States have used widely available “nudification” apps to surreptitiously concoct sexually explicit images of their female classmates and then circulated the simulated nudes via group chats on apps like Snapchat and Instagram.

In response to the growing issue of boys using AI apps to create and share sexually explicit images of their female classmates, state legislators across the United States are introducing bills to protect minors from this new form of exploitation. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley continues to make billions with the very AI models boys are exploiting.

Sen. Mullet spoke with John and Shari on Washington's bill barring A.I.-generated deepfakes and his race for Washington's governor.

The Center Square – Hurt feelings may be lingering for some Republicans following the GOP party convention in Spokane last weekend, but the state party chair tells The Center Square that the media coverage of the event was unfair. Multiple news organizations reported the three-day gathering of candidates and delegates as “chaotic” with “rules being broken” to support certain candidates. But Jim Walsh, chair of the Washington State Republican Party, says that was not at all the case. �...