Gov. Jay Inslee will leave office in a few days after leading Washington for a dozen years. He and his Democratic allies in the Legislature have reshaped the state and overcome unexpected crises ...

Gov. Jay Inslee — and his environmentalist spirit — have been immortalized in an official portrait. Washington’s outgoing Democratic governor on Tuesday afternoon revealed the painting by ...

Walsh doesn’t think Inslee’s proposed wealth tax will get very far during the 105-day legislative session, which starts on Jan. 13. “There are going to be lawsuits even if it is passed into ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson now faces many of the same challenges Jay Inslee faced when he took office 12 years ago. Similar issues in 2024 and 2013 include a state budget deficit and looming ...

Jay Inslee believes in the power of local action—even in overcoming national pushback. “Right now, we know these are hard days. We’ve got a person in the White House who must have been ...

On a night in mid-December, then-Gov. Jay Inslee called Microsoft President Brad Smith with a heads-up. The next day, Inslee would be rolling out a budget proposal with higher business taxes and a ...