With dwindling federal funds and a looming state budget shortfall, Washington lawmakers are trying to figure out how to keep ...

As Washington combats overdoses from fentanyl and other drugs, addiction centers say a gap in funding for patients' room and ...

Over the past two fiscal years, Washington has shelled out more than $500 million to settle lawsuits and tort claims alleging ...

With all the policy work that comes out of government, issues of government revenue and spending — the basics of a budget — ...

The latest appointments to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission were sent back to the governor's office on Wednesday, stalling the confirmation process before hearings were scheduled. The move ...

Airport workers demonstrate in Charlotte, North Carolina for increased heat protections on the job, August 2024. Credit: SEIU ...

Early in his term, Gov. Bob Ferguson has broken from decades of tradition by declining to take questions from reporters at ...

A Republican lawmaker made an unusual suggestion during a public hearing Thursday on a bill that could lead to a fart tax on ...

Around 5 or 6 p.m. on Oct. 27, a week before the general election last year, he put his and his girlfriend’s ballots directly ...

The Kootenai County Jail booked far more inmates on border patrol holds in the weeks after President Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term than ...

The state now prohibits all direct sales except for Tesla. Proposed legislation would allow Rivian and Lucid direct sales, with some requirements.

A Washington state lawmaker from Gig Harbor is backing a “contingency” bill in case bids for hybrid-electric ferries expected ...