With a major budget deficit looming, this year's Washington state legislative session was full of drama, and that's before taking a look at a number of policy changes. Now that the session has closed, ...

The parental “bill of rights” overhaul, one of the most divisive bills approved during this year’s Washington state ...

Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

One of the most hotly debated bills of this year’s legislative session was signed into law on Tuesday by Washington state Gov ...

After months of working to close a multi-billion-dollar budget gap, the governor signed the two-year budget passed by lawmakers last month. While he publicly disagreed with fellow Democrats on tax ...

On the last day of the 2025 legislative session — and following months of intense debate — Washington state lawmakers passed a final operating budget. Legislators’ work may be done for the time being, ...

The $78 billion two-year budget raises state spending by billions of dollars, funding pay raises for state workers and ...

A slate of new taxes are coming to Washington after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the state's new budget into law Tuesday.

During a visit to the Lewiston Tribune on Thursday, Sen. Schoesler said he’d give the overall session a “D” grade. On the positive side, he said, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle worked well ...

Rent caps and other housing reforms are coming to Washington State after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a swath of historic ...

Washington needs a wholesale reconstruction of how ... less than the $2 billion initially proposed by the Senate. With the ...

Edmonds-Woodway High School sophomore Sahana Rattan served as a Washington State House of Representatives page for the week ...