At its most basic level, drought means there is a lack of water to meet needs. Every year, we carefully monitor snowpack, precipitation, and local temperatures to help anticipate potential drought ...

In February, Ferguson rescinded two appointments made by former Gov. Jay Inslee in the final days of his administration. This week, he took another step to unravel Inslee’s effort to reshape the ...

The measure, originally requested by then-Gov. Jay Inslee, came in light of a long-standing court order pushing the state to more quickly get people evaluated and admitted for competency ...

This comes after withdrawing the candidates nominated by outgoing governor Jay Inslee. Two of the nominees, Molly Linville and Jim Anderson, have already served on the commission, while Victor Garcia ...

Over the next few weeks, lawmakers in Washington’s state House and Senate need to resolve significant differences on new taxes, education funding, furloughs for state employees and much, much more.

Former Gov. Jay Inslee’s last budget proposal in December didn’t include continuing the library’s funding into the new biennium. The state suffers from a $15 billion budget deficit.

The challenge is the budget presented last year by former Gov. Jay Inslee, a spending plan that was $16 billion more than projected revenue. “That means the Legislature really has three options ...

The bipartisan proposals are also more than the $536 million that Gov. Jay Inslee proposed in December. The only input Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office gave on the Senate’s capital budget was to ...

With her term expiring, outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee opted not to reappoint her, instead designating Lynn Theresa O’Connor from Ferry County to fill one of the seats representing eastern Washington.

event by civil rights organizations, labor unions, LGBTQ+ advocates, veterans and other activists. Former Gov. Jay Inslee also spoke at the rally. Jayapal herself led multiple chants at the event. The ...