Bellingham could soon vote on a ballot initiative to ban landlords from using software to analyze and suggest rent prices.

KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford has more.

A new community center launched today [Tues] for reusing, repairing, and sharing household goods.

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The cost of building a typical Lane County home will go up by about $820 dollars when new building fees go into effect.

Washington Democrats and their allies are fundraising to defend what they call the millionaire’s tax – a massive change in tax policy they passed in the state legislature earlier this year.

A statewide initiative to revitalize Oregon’s semiconductor industry is getting a boost of UP TO one-hundred-sixty million dollars [[$160 million.]]

OPB's Tiffany Camhi has more on the National Science Foundation grant awarded today/Tuesday.

The Roseburg City Council has rejected proposed changes to its homeless tent camping rules.

The rules for homeless tent camps will remain the same in Roseburg, after the City Council spent Monday night debating potential updates to the 2022 regulations.

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Pierce Transit is asking voters to approve a measure that would increase what people pay in sales tax for its services.

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Host lead-in: The Pierce Transit Board voted Monday to send a measure to the November ballot. It would increase the amount people pay in sales tax for transit funding. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports.

[VOICER] Kennewick drinking water continues to test above state ‘forever chemical’ standards

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LEDE: Some drinking water in Kennewick, Washington, still has high levels of “forever chemicals.” Since 20-24, the city has found PFAs [PEE-fass] chemicals above state standards. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt explains.]