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An immigrant businesswoman and a Mariners ticket hawker faced sentencing this week over separate schemes to steal thousands in COVID-19 stimulus money.

From a Spokane T-shirt scheme to a Nigerian unemployment scam, federal prosecutors are grappling with how to prioritize cases amid limited resources.

As food-stamp recipients see grocery budgets tighten, state proposals would shift money to already strained and short-staffed local services.

Of the 24,000 residents with felony records now able to vote, just 414 did so last fall. Advocates hope to increase registration and voter education.

States were given a narrow window to fix long-standing flaws before federal agencies divvy $42B in infrastructure funds.

After billions in telecom subsidies, it may take a new public approach to connect some 'last mile' areas like rural Grays Harbor County to broadband.

Look up your address to check the accuracy of the maps, which could impact up to $900 million in federal aid to Washington.

A proposal from Washington's Public Works Board would limit the power of private companies' objections to stall public broadband projects.

COVID stimulus gave public housing authorities new resources. While King County leads the nation in distribution, that's not the case across the state.

The U.S. Treasury pulled funds from jurisdictions that didn't meet the deadline to distribute at least 20% of their most recent allocation.