Advocates for the transgender community say they’re worried a new law in Idaho could criminalize transgender people for going about their day-to-day lives.

Host lede: An Idaho law that goes into effect in July will make it a crime for transgender people in the state to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun reports.

LEDE: Conservative activist group Let’s Go Washington will be filing a lawsuit against the Secretary of State’s office about the newly signed income tax on high earners, also known as the Millionaires Tax. State Government Reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan [MYE-zehz tan] has more.

Oregon and Washington are suing the Trump administration over a new executive order that could upend mail voting. As DIrk VanderHart reports, they join 21 other states in the suit.

A University of Washington obesity researcher says the new weight loss drug approved this week by the Food and Drug Administration has a chance to make a real impact.

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Today [Thursday] may be the birthday of the first California Condor chick to be born in the wild in the Northwest in more than a century.

LEDE: Washington's Legislature works just a few months per year. Which means most lawmakers have day jobs on the side. State Government Reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan [MYE-zehz tan] went to a forest… in Centralia…. to find out why the state operates this way….and if it’s time for a change.

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Unemployment in Washington hit 5 percent in January, its highest rate since 2021.

That’s according to the latest data from the state’s Employment Security Department.

KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg has more.

Western Washington farms are still recovering from widespread flooding that struck the region in December.

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On Tuesday, President Trump signed an executive order to restrict voting by mail ahead of the midterm elections.