In our Reality Check stories, The Olympian journalists seek to bring truth and transparency to issues of public concern. This effort will deliver fast facts to hold officials and institutions ...

Temporary plate laws vary significantly from state to state and play a crucial role in regulating the use of vehicles with temporary registrations. These laws are designed to ensure that vehicles ...

Washington has been dealing with a shortage of permanent metal vehicle license plates for months. That’s only half the problem facing car dealers and car buyers. In 2022, the state Legislature passed ...

Wayne Bourgeois said he knew almost immediately that the temporary license plate hanging in the back window of the pickup truck that crashed into his vehicle two weeks ago on Barataria Boulevard in ...

Inmates at the penitentiary in the Walla Walla prison have been making the state’s vehicle license plates since the early 1920s. Washington state makes a variety of custom plates including military ...