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Peninsula hospitals oppose staffing legislation

Proposal would require set ratios for nurses to patients

Derek Kilmer.

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Fix Congress panel expires, but chair hopes work will continue

Kilmer led effort to improve lawmaking body

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Utah reports law improved safety

By Paul Gottlieb

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Bill would tighten DUI limit

Peninsula law enforcement reacts to proposed legislation

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Abortion measures among early bill filings

State Legislature opens its biennial budget season

Paul Gottlieb.

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Special legislative coverage

PORT ANGELES — Former Senior Reporter Paul Gottlieb has been coaxed out of retirement to cover the state…

Mike Chapman.

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Police, housing to be priorities

Chapman outlines Democrats’ plans

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Kelbon congratulates Brotherton in Jefferson County

Next counts to be on Monday

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Jefferson County election outcomes unchanged after new ballot count

Voter turnout now at 61.6 percent

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Clallam County election outcomes unchanged after new ballot count

County voter turnout up to 58.27 percent

Bill Peach, left, and Mike French.

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County hopefuls await ballot counts

French leads Peach in race for Clallam commissioner position

Greg Brotherton, left, and Marcia Kelbon.

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Brotherton leads Kelbon for county seat

Incumbent has 68 percent of vote; challenger awaiting more counts

Joe Nole, left, and Art Frank.

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Nole takes commanding lead in race for sheriff

Tally 68 to 32 percent; next count today

Will Purser, left, and Ken Hays.

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Ken Hays ahead for Clallam PUD spot

Purser highlights his time on commission

Mike Chapman, left, and Sue Forde.

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Chapman, Tharinger are leading state races

Incumbents appear headed for re-election

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North Olympic Peninsula turnout high

Voter turnout in both North Olympic Peninsula counties greatly surpassed the statewide turnout in Tuesday’s general election.

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General election ballots are due today

Initial count in midterm elections tonight

Boxes of signatures are displayed after a news conference hosted by Citizens for Voter ID at the Nebraska Capitol building on July 7, 2022, in Lincoln, Neb. Voters in several states are deciding measures that could affect the way they cast ballots in future elections. While some measures would expand access to voting, proposals elsewhere would impose new identification requirements to cast ballots or raise the threshold to pass citizen initiatives. (Noah Riffe/Lincoln Journal Star via The Associated Press)

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Voting laws at issue as states decide scores of ballot items

Voters in several states are weighing in on fundamental questions about how future elections will function as scores…

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Democrat, independent vie for Washington secretary of state

OLYMPIA — Democrats are trying to win the secretary of state’s office in an election for the first…

This combo of images shows Republican challenger Matt Larkin, left, in an image provided by Campaign for Matt Larkin, and U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., 8th District, in Issaquah, Wash., on July 30, 2022. (Mark Andrew/The Campaign for Matt Larkin, left, and Kori Suzuki/The Seattle Times via The Associated Press)

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Two races in Washington state could tip scales in Congress

SEATTLE — Control of Congress could come down to one or two seats in Washington, but the state’s…