Keystone Daily Staff
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Trade Groups Oppose Seasonal Tariffs on Mexican Produce
Florida produce growers are asking the Trump administration for seasonal limits on Mexican fruit and vegetable imports during U.S.-Mexico trade talks. A coalition of…
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OpenAI Pushes Back After Three Safety Researchers Announce Firings
Three OpenAI safety researchers released a letter on Thursday saying the company fired them, and suggested it was over their work with outside experts.…
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King County Buries Record 626 Unclaimed Remains in Renton
On Oct. 7, King County buried the remains of 626 people whose bodies went unclaimed, the largest number the county has recorded. County officials…
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Rubio Announces Financial Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
On Oct. 9, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court itself, the first U.S. move against the institution…
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Seattle Bans Surveillance Pricing at Large Grocery Chains
On Oct. 5, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson signed a law barring large grocers and delivery services from using shoppers’ personal data to set prices.…
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Braun campaign walks back debate claim on AI chatbot bill
On Oct. 7, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and state Sen. John Braun held their first debate in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, one of the…
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Bill would lower earnings threshold for child tax credit
On Sept. 3, Republican Carol Miller and three colleagues introduced a bill to lower the earnings threshold for the refundable child tax credit from…
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Washington’s income tax showdown: the last 30 days, and what’s next
A court tie that kept the budget warning on I-645, a revenue forecast built on a tax voters may repeal, a $17.73 minimum wage…
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Dec. 11 funding deadline: what a shutdown would and wouldn’t touch
Federal funding runs out Dec. 11 unless Congress passes full-year spending bills or another stopgap. Here is what the agencies’ own plans say keeps…
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Rate hike, record diesel, 7.4% mortgages: the economy’s last 30 days
Inflation at 3.4 percent, the first rate hike since 2023, record diesel, stalled hiring and 7.4 percent mortgages: the month that set your winter…
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How to Read Your Washington Property Tax Bill and Appeal It
Washington homeowners pay property tax in two installments, April 30 and Oct. 31, on a bill built from assessed value, levy rates and a…
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Politics catch-up: shutdown averted, ballot rule blocked, Trump at 32%
The last five weeks in national politics, in one place: a stopgap to Dec. 11, two Supreme Court orders on ballots and deportations, a…
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